(Bloomberg) — The White House has fired five of the seven board members of the federal watchdog that oversees Puerto Rico’s finances, as the group is engaged in high stakes debt and contract negotiations.

Board Chairman Arthur Gonzalez, Cameron McKenzie, Betty Rosa, Juan Sabater, and Luis Ubiñas were notified Friday they’ve been terminated, according to emails viewed by Bloomberg, which cited their salaries. Andrew Biggs and John Nixon, remain in place. Breitbart first reported the firings.

“As far as the Oversight Board knows, we have seven active board members and we have not heard otherwise,” a spokesman for the Financial Oversight and Management Board said in an email Tuesday.

The board has come under fire in recent days from Trump confidant and far-right activist Laura Loomer, who’

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