Kari Lake is already the mortal enemy of facts. Now, she’s also getting crosswise with the law.
Arizona’s two-time failed MAGA candidate has spent the last several months disassembling the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees programs like Voice of America that deliver journalism to parts of the world without a robust, free press. Lake once aspired to lead VOA, but after President Donald Trump appointed her as senior advisor to USAGM, she has instead taken a sledgehammer to it — whether she’s legally allowed to or not.
Lake’s mass firings have drawn legal challenges . On Wednesday, the Washington Post reported that Lake claimed in a court filing that she was just following Trump’s orders when she put most of USAGM’s 1,300 employees and contractors on administrative leave — e