Remember how fun it was when the Trump administration played stupid games about who was in charge of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency? Well now it’s doing it all over again, but this time with both the U.S. Agency for Global Media and Voice of America.
Enter Kari Lake, who has been calling herself the “acting CEO” of USAGM as of July. Before then? She was “deputy CEO.” And before that? “Senior adviser.”
Lake has also been at the helm of the destruction of VOA, which—according to her—she’s just doing at the direction of President Donald Trump. But an ongoing court case raises questions about the job that Lake is doing and whether she is required to be confirmed by the Senate.
Spoiler alert: There’s no evidence that Lake is legally in charge of anything.
Two weeks ago, a