Kari Lake, the Republican firebrand installed by President Donald Trump to reduce the Voice of America and its parent agency to what he called a “minimum presence,” sought Wednesday to justify her hardball approach to a federal judge who has alleged that she is overstepping her statutory authority.

Her legal challenges have expanded beyond the courtroom, however, with the Government Accountability Office launching an investigation into potential executive overreach at the U.S. Agency for Global Media after congressional staffers from both parties warned that Lake was breaking the law by improperly using appropriated funds.

The GAO investigation, confirmed by the agency to The Washington Post, will take months to resolve. Lake’s immediate legal focus lies with U.S. District Judge Royce La

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