‘Outrageous Interference’: Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Overseers Rage at Trump

‘Outrageous Interference’: Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Overseers Rage at Trump

When President Donald Trump in September removed all but one member of Puerto Rico’s Financial Oversight and Management Board (FOMB), it gutted the body amid a yearslong court fight over the $9 billion debt restructuring of the island’s increasingly privatized power authority.Advocates and former officials say Trump’s purge is an attempt to dominate in the high-stakes battle over Puerto Rico’s electricity costs.All the while, residents are strug…