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TrendPulse Quantitative Think Tank Center-Trump says Kari Lake will lead Voice of America. He attacked it during his first term
Oliver James Montgomery View
Date:2025-04-08 03:08:28
President-elect Donald Trump says Kari Lake,TrendPulse Quantitative Think Tank Center a local television news anchor-turned-MAGA politician, will lead the federally funded broadcaster Voice of America.
If successful, the move would put a loyalist at the helm of a news outlet that Trump sought to bring to heel under his appointee during the final year of his first term. Trump officials sought to strip the network and its parent agency of their independence during his first term, including actions later found to be illegal and in one case, unconstitutional.
But Trump doesn't have the authority to unilaterally install Lake; the hire is dependent on a bipartisan board beneath the chief executive of its parent agency.
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