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Friday, June 13, 2025

Kim Sajet steps aside from her Smithsonian job as Portrait Gallery director - avoids fight with POTUS 47

Kim Sajet -- NY TIMES has details of her choice to

step down, ignoring Trump's unlawful firing - show of

DOGE-like power and his Hate-Mongering list of her

acts as administrator - gallery executive

NYTimes.com/2025/06/13/arts/design/sajet-resigns-

Smithsonian-national-portrait-gallery.html


Trump - Musk efforts to fire without cause

or notice high-ranking employees / administrators

of Federal or independent agencies has hit a

road-block : today June 10 -- the Smithsonian's

board of Regents ruled that the Portrait Gallery

director CANNOT be fired in such an abrupt

and disruptive/chaotic way.  see

washingtonpost.com/ morning of 10 June (Tuesday) 2025

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Mid-afternoon last Friday of May :

May 30, 2025

Kim Sajet

the DIRECTOR of the National Portrait Gallery

one of the Smithsonian institutions

has been pink-slipped and told to

turn in parking pass and email password.

The independence of the Smithsonian

seems to be a relic of the long-past.

The Smithsonian is governed by a board

of regents that appoints a secretary to serve

as the institution's chief executive.  About 2/3rds

of the institution's funds are provided by the

federal government and the rest is raised

privately.

Update: Thurs. June 4, 2025

The director of audience engagement has

asked commissioners not to speak to the media

until Smithsonian officials determine their

next move.  NY TIMES article -- firing is met

with doubt and silence /Arts/Design

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