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Voice of America (VOA) employees filed a lawsuit against the administration of President Donald Trump and Lake Kari on Thursday after Trump ordered the agency to be dismantled earlier this month.
“In many parts of the world, there has been a crucial source of objective news, and only media sponsored by the State to fill the void are left,” VOA employees argued in demand.
Trump signed a Executive order in March that ordered the dismantling of seven government offices, including the United States Agency for Global Media, which is the parent company of Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Trump appointed Lake as special advisor to the United States agency for global media after he won the elections.
“Trump’s second administration has taken a chainsaw to the agency as a whole in an attempt to close it completely,” said the demand, said, According to him Associated Press.
Voice of America (VOA) employees filed a lawsuit against the administration of President Donald Trump and Lake Kari on Thursday after Trump ordered the agency to be dismantled earlier this month. (Photo by Jonathan Raa/Nurphoto through Getty Images)
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“The non -statutory components and functions of the following government entities will be eliminated in the maximum extension consisting of the applicable law, and said entities will reduce the performance of their legal functions and the personnel associated with the minimum presence and function required by law,” said Trump’s executive order.
Lake told employees to “review their email” for more information about the future of their employment in a publication on social networks.
The United States Agency for Global Media and Lake issued a press release on March 15 by saying that the agency “is not wild.”
“From the top to the bottom, this agency is a giant rot and a burden for the American taxpayer, a risk of national security for this nation, and irremediably broken. Although there are bright points within the agency with the personnel that are talented and dedicated public servants, this is the exception instead of the rule”, the US media agency. UU. For the global means of global. Said press release.
President Donald Trump is next to Lake Kari on stage during a campaign demonstration in Findlay Toyota Center on October 13, 2024 in Prescott Valley, Arizona. (Rebecca Noble/Getty images)
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“What is happening to VOA journalists is not just the chill of the discourse of the first amendment; it is a closure of government journalism, a previous restriction that kills the content before it can be created.” The demand read.
The White House did not immediately return a request for comments.
“Tragically, Kari Lake lives in the fantasy world of Maga, but she makes decisions that have real world consequences for hundreds of journalists,” David Seide, VOA employees lawyer, VOA employees lawyer, He told NPR.
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Patsy Widakuswara, Head of the White House Office in VOA, and Jessica Jerreat, the Press Freedom Editor in VOA, are the main plaintiffs in the lawsuit.
