Kari Lake Fires Over 500 Voice of America Staff (Connecting the Dots: Voice of America (VOA) / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty & Soros Funding, All Networking)
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By
James Morley III | Saturday, 30 August 2025 12:39 PM EDT
https://www.newsmax.com/us/kari-lake-voice-of-america-lawsuit/2025/08/30/id/1224527/
Kari
Lake, who serves as President Donald Trump's top adviser to the U.S. Agency for
Global Media, has officially dismissed more than 500 Voice
of America employees,
the former journalist announced Friday
evening.
Lake
sent termination letters to 532 employees of the broadcaster and its
parent company late on Friday. "The U.S. Agency for Global Media initiated
what is known as a reduction in force, or RIF, of a large number of its
full-time federal employees," Lake wrote, adding that this would
"help reduce the federal bureaucracy ... and save the American people more
of their hard-earned money."
"I
look forward to taking additional steps in the coming months to improve the
functioning of a very broken agency and make sure America's voice is heard
abroad where it matters most," Lake added.
In his
first term, Trump accused VOA
of speaking "for America's adversaries - not its citizens" during the
height of the COVID-19 lockdowns and said the agency was relying on Chinese propaganda. Two months into his
second administration, the president signed an executive
order to reduce the agency to the "minimum presence and
function required by law," which resulted in more than 1,000
journalists being placed on indefinite administrative leave.
Lake, a
Trump loyalist who lost races for Arizona governor in 2022 and the U.S. Senate
in 2024, fired 500 contractors in May and then sought to dismiss more than 600
full-time staffers in June, a move quickly reversed after the federal employee
union AFGE uncovered numerous administrative errors by the agency.
In May,
the AFGE sued the USAGM, Acting Director Victor Morales, and Lake challenging
the closing of the agency and arguing that
the federal government "failed to fulfill its legally required functions
and violated both the freedom of journalists and separation of powers when it
ordered staff not to report to work, suspended contractors, turned off service,
and locked the agency's doors."
In a
Saturday statement on X, VOA
journalists Patsy Widakuswara and Jessica Jerreat, and Kate Neeper, a director
at the U.S. Agency for Global Media, called Lake's firings
"abhorrent."
"We
are looking forward to her deposition to hear whether her plan to dismantle VOA
was done with the rigorous review process that Congress requires,"
Widakuswara, Jerreat, and Neeper, all plaintiffs in the lawsuit, said. "So
far we have not seen any evidence of that, and as such we will continue to
fight for what we believe to be our rights under the law."
Voice
of America (VOA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_America
Agencies
Voice of America
has been a part of several agencies. From its founding in 1942 to 1945, it was
part of the Office of War Information, and then from
1945 to 1953 as a function of the State Department. VOA was placed under
the U.S. Information Agency in 1953. When
the USIA was abolished in 1999, VOA was placed under the BBG which is an
autonomous U.S. government agency, with bipartisan membership. The Secretary of
State has a seat on the BBG.[162] The
BBG was established as a buffer to protect VOA and other U.S.-sponsored,
non-military, international broadcasters from political interference. It
replaced the Board for International Broadcasting (BIB) that oversaw the
funding and operation of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a branch of VOA.
Connecting
the Dots:
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the NPR.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society and a benefactor for the NPR.
Kevin Klose is
the president emeritus for the NPR and the president & CEO
for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Alan C. Page was
the color commentator for the NPR and the color commentator for
the Turner Broadcasting System Inc.
Patricia E.
Mitchell was an executive in charge of original productions for
the Turner Broadcasting System Inc., the president & CEO for
the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and the president of CNN
Productions.
Steven W. Korn was
a VP & general counsel for the Turner Broadcasting System Inc.,
a director at the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), the president
& CEO for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and the vice chairman
& COO for CNN.
Walter Isaacson was
the chairman & CEO for CNN, the chairman for the Broadcasting
Board of Governors and is the president & CEO for the Aspen
Institute (think tank).
Marc B. Nathanson
was the chairman for the Broadcasting Board of Governors and is a
trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Condoleezza
Rice was a governor for the Broadcasting Board of Governors
and is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen
Institute (think tank) and the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society.
Jon M. Huntsman
Jr. is a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace (think tank) and an ambassador to China for
the Barack Obama administration.
J. Stapleton Roy is
a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and was a U.S. ambassador for China.
James F. Collins is
a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
(think tank) and was a U.S. ambassador for Russia.
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a
funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Ted Turner is a
co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), the
founder of the Turner Broadcasting System Inc. and the founder
of CNN.
Steven W. Korn was
the vice chairman & COO for CNN, a VP & general counsel for
the Turner Broadcasting System Inc., a director at the Public
Broadcasting Service (PBS) and the president & CEO for Radio
Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Patricia E.
Mitchell was the president of CNN Productions, an
executive in charge of original productions for the Turner Broadcasting
System Inc. and the president & CEO for the Public Broadcasting
Service (PBS).
Vivian Schiller was
the SVP for CNN Productions, the Russian interpreter for the Turner
Broadcasting System Inc. and the president & CEO for the NPR.
Alan C. Page was
the color commentator for the Turner Broadcasting System Inc. and
the color commentator for the NPR.
George Soros was a benefactor for the NPR and the
chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the NPR.
Kevin Klose is
the president emeritus for the NPR and the president & CEO
for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Resources:
Past Research
GOP
Lawmakers Wicker, Schock Aim to Restore Cuts to Radio Free Europe (Past Research on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
Thursday,
March 20, 2014
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/03/gop-lawmakers-wicker-schock-aim-to.html
Chinese
Crash Crushes Stock Market as Obama Imitates Chinese Economy (Past Research on China)
Monday,
August 24, 2015
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/08/chinese-crash-crushes-stock-market-as.html
Rep.
Burchett Wants Soros, Associate Before House Panel (Connecting the Dots: Jamie
Gorelick, The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), Wilmer
Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, Russia, Letitia James, The Committee for
Economic Development, FBI, CIA, The Open Society Foundations, The Foundation to
Promote Open Society & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Russia)
Sunday,
August 3, 2025
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