Judge Blocks Kari Lake’s Bid to Oust Voice of America Director because Trump nuked the Advisory Board. LOL

[CaughtInThe]

Four years of chaos.



"District Court Judge Royce Lamberth, an appointee of former President Ronald Reagan, ruled Thursday that Lake cannot oust VOA Director Michael Abramowitz without the approval of the International Broadcasting Advisory Board—a bipartisan panel that President Donald Trump nuked in January."

Judge Blocks Kari Lake’s Bid to Oust Voice of America Director

Judge Royce Lamberth said the termination needed the approval of a panel nuked by President Donald Trump.

www.thedailybeast.com

 

[ScrambledEggs]

Kari Lake tried so hard and got so far
But in the end it doesn't even matter
She had to fall and lose it all
But in the end it doesn't even matter

 

[Showtime586]

Trump incompetence strikes again....lol

 

[mike2810]

Trump gets rid of the board and has not replaced them yet. Lake should have read the Bill that Congress passed that established Voice of American.
So much self inflicted wounds by Lake and Trump.

Lake should be fired.


"A federal judge ruled on Thursday that Trump administration official Kari Lake can't unilaterally fire the director of Voice of America, saying she's breaking the law in trying to do so.

Instead, by law, Lake must have the explicit backing of an advisory panel set up by Congress to help insulate the international broadcaster and its sister networks from political pressure. As President Trump dismissed six of the seven members of the panel shortly after taking office and has not named their replacements to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Lake cannot take such an action.

Lamberth, a conservative jurist first appointed to the bench by President Ronald Reagan, on Monday pronounced Lake "verging on contempt of court" for failing to provide it with information he had demanded for months. He noted that Congress had expressly directed where hundreds of millions of dollars allocated for the agency should go, with the law affording little wiggle room. Simply telling hundreds of employees to cool their heels at home for months, he said, was a waste of taxpayer money.

In his ruling on Thursday, Lamberth batted away the government's procedural arguments and its broader claims about executive powers in this instance. And he rejected the assertion that the law protecting Voice of America's journalistic independence was unconstitutional.

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/28/nx-s1-5521328/judge-kari-lake-voice-of-america-firing-judge-ruling

 

[Loulit01]

MAGA may well ruin this country by legal bills alone.

 

[Roadvirus]

Four years of chaos.



"District Court Judge Royce Lamberth, an appointee of former President Ronald Reagan, ruled Thursday that Lake cannot oust VOA Director Michael Abramowitz without the approval of the International Broadcasting Advisory Board—a bipartisan panel that President Donald Trump nuked in January."

Judge Blocks Kari Lake’s Bid to Oust Voice of America Director

Judge Royce Lamberth said the termination needed the approval of a panel nuked by President Donald Trump.

www.thedailybeast.com

Another court loss for Trump Co.