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The story was that Altman lied to specific board members to have other removed.

Where did you see this? Do you have any links?

Why didn't the board member(s) in question reveal the story in full when they had the chance?

I read it here on Hacker News. I dont have any links of it at hand, there were way too many threads about the drama for me to go looking for it now.

Cant answer your last question. As said, that was just the story that I heard here on HN.

There were six people on the board and it was 3 vs 3 for along time. Sam was trying to get one of the other 3 to flip to his side to get a majority but then the other side brought in Ilya and they had a majority and removed Sam.

He was trying to convince one of the independent directors to resign, leaving him with a 3-2 majority on the board which would be illegal under California non-profit law.

Usually in a non-profit the board itself elects new members if necessary. It depends on the charter.