Biden is undoing the damage done by Trump and his hacks.
So if I understand this right, the Trump guy appointed to gut Voice of America illegally paid @McGuireWoodsLLP $3M in tax dollars to root through employee email archives for evidence of disloyalty. https://t.co/X5ntwCai1r
— Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org (@froomkin) January 26, 2021
Demoted VOA reporter Patsy Widakuswara (@pwidakuswara) is back on White House beat, as of today.
— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) January 22, 2021
She was reassigned last week after asking pointed Qs to Pompeo and the then VOA director about Trump & US standing in the world. VOA director & deputy replaced yesterday.
Breaking NEWS: Acting USAGM CEO Kelu Chao has fired the presidents of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia & the Middle East Broadcasting Networks, as of 6pm.
— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) January 23, 2021
RFE's Ted Lipien, RFA's Stephen J. Yates and MBN's Victoria Coates were appointed in late December /MORE
Wow. VOA Dir. Robert Reilly is FIRED by Biden admin and escorted by Guards. He reprimanded reporter @pwidakuswara last week for asking Qs to Pompeo, removed her from assignment.
— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) January 21, 2021
He's at least #5 official to be fired in last 24hrs. AP: https://t.co/wugj8yc6Mu
New: Director and deputy director of @VOANews pushed out by new Biden-appointed overseer @keluchao. VOA directors had been appointed by Trump administrator Michael Pack last month. Pack was forced out yesterday. https://t.co/FAUMLYpsNG
— Paul Farhi (@farhip) January 21, 2021
UPDATE: President Biden names senior VOA news executive Keli Chao as acting CEO over its parent agency, the US Agency for Global Media.
— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) January 21, 2021
Chao had been named whistleblower in lawsuit that successfully alleged illegal acts by Michael Pack, whom she replaces https://t.co/SAbOdv9sFM
US Agency for Global Media Michael Pack resigns, effective 2pm, after waging war on his executives and the international news networks they oversee. A Trumpian legacy of ideological clashes, lawsuits and scandal. More to come.
— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) January 20, 2021
First on NPR: Trump’s CEO at parent agency of Voice of America paid a law firm millions in taxpayer dollars to investigate his own executives.
— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) March 5, 2021
https://t.co/mSHii5K0o9
Sad! 