That Was Predictable: VOA Reporters File Suit Against Trump Admin in Desperate Attempt to Stay Afloat

You knew the minute Senior Advisor to the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) Kari Lake announced that the administration was effectively shutting down the “Voice of America” that the lawsuits would come quickly. That's how things work in Washington, D.C., these days.

And like clockwork, Voice of America reporters, Reporters Without Borders, and others joined forces to file suit Friday in the U.S. District Court in New York. Lake accuses the outlet of becoming a leftist propaganda outfit:

The case, filed in U.S. District Court in New York, was brought by Voice of America reporters, Reporters Without Borders and a handful of unions against the U.S. Agency for Global Media and Kari Lake, the failed Arizona candidate who is President Trump’s representative there.
“In many parts of the world, a crucial source of objective news is gone, and only censored state-sponsored news media is left to fill the void,” the lawsuit said.
Lake has described the broadcast agency as a “giant rot” that needs to be stripped down and rebuilt.

Chinese-American author and speaker Xi Van Fleet, a survivor of the CCP, alleged that VOA has become “heavily infiltrated by American Marxists”:

It’s official. Voice of America VOA is finally shut down!!!

Under Mao, listening to Voice of America (VOA) was a crime punishable by death. Yet, many people still risked their lives to tune in, seeking real information from America—the land of freedom.

When the ban was finally… pic.twitter.com/WXM2ye8bNa
— Xi Van Fleet (@XVanFleet) March 16, 2025

The tweet continues:

When the ban was finally lifted, VOA became a vital part of my college life. But over the decades, VOA, like all other American institutions, has been heavily infiltrated by American Marxists, transforming it into a propaganda machine against America. This shift is particularly evident in its Mandarin service, which has become a tool of the Chinese Communist Party.

One down and more to go! NPR and PBS should be next!

Silence, Please!—Team Trump Comes for Voice of America

At this point, anything Trump does is immediately challenged in court by progressives, all too often in front of judges who seem to think they earned 77 million votes and a mandate to run the country:

The lawsuit charges that the Trump administration has effectively shut it down unlawfully in the past week. Republicans have complained that the news source is infected by left-wing propaganda, a contention its operators say isn’t backed up factually.
“The second Trump administration has taken a chainsaw to the agency as a whole in an attempt to shutter it completely,” the lawsuit said. There was no immediate response Friday to a request for comment from the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees Voice of America and a handful of sister networks.

Lake has a different view:

“From top-to-bottom this agency is a giant rot and burden to the American taxpayer—a national security risk for this nation—and irretrievably broken. While there are bright spots within the agency with personnel who are talented and dedicated public servants, this is the… https://t.co/pJ4dw9ZtJO
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) March 17, 2025

"While there are bright spots within the agency with personnel who are talented and dedicated public servants, this is the exception rather than the rule," said Kari Lake, the Trump Administration Senior Advisor at US Agency for Global Media.

Unfortunately, lawfare is the new normal in The Swamp as progressives throw everything but the kitchen sink at Donald Trump as he attempts to enact the agenda that the American people voted for. The answer: keep fighting, and keep winning.

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