Kari Lake, top advisor to the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) President Trump, announced on Friday night that 532 posts were nicketed in USAGM and Voice of America.
One in Post on XLake said that under the direction of President Trump, it was trimmed “to reduce the federal bureaucracy, improve agency service and help American people to save more than their hard -earned money.”
Lake said that the reduction in the force of the USAGM will improve the ability to work and provide truth to people around the world, which live under the deadly communist governments and other tyrannical governance. “I am eager to take additional steps in the coming months to improve the functioning of a very broken agency and ensure that the voice of America is the most visible where it is most important.”
A Thursday Court document The lake shows that the lake planned to launch 46 USAGM employees and 486 VOA employees, and planned to keep 158 USAGM employees and 108 VOA employees.
The announcement of the lake falls on the heels of a federal judge, which prevents the Trump administration from removing VOA director Michael Abramovitz from his post. US District Judge Royce lambarthaOn Thursday, the ruling states that Abramovitz, who was told that he would be “subject to ending”, can be removed from his post only as a director by the majority of the International Broadcasting Advisory Board.
The ruling gave a blow to the lake and the Trump administration, demanding to convert the English-language broadcaster into one. “America first” outletThe administration has been working to shrink VOA in recent months, including to start equal massively Pruning in JuneWho were Canceled it a week later.
Union President Paula Hikki, who represented VOA employees, pushed back the trimming in a statement new York Times“The way they are being executed, this administration shows this administration for federal employees and law rule.”
