Google’s executive chair, Eric Schmidt, pressured an influential Washington think tank to fire an employee who wrote a paper critical of the company. That’s according to The New York Times, which reports the New America Foundation fired staffer Barry Lynn after he wrote a letter applauding a record $2.7 billion fine levied against Google by European regulators. Google and Eric Schmidt’s family have provided $21 million to the New America Foundation, and Schmidt previously served as the foundation’s chair.