Overview

• Kari Lake, senior adviser to the U.S. Agency for Global Media, defended efforts to downsize Voice of America, stating she would willingly leave her role if the cuts proceed.
• Lake's agency has appealed U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth's April 22 injunction, which ordered 1,000 VOA employees back to work after being placed on administrative leave.
• Voice of America remains off the air, with its operations frozen and its website last updated in mid-March, following President Trump's executive order to reduce its functions.
• Lake accused federal judges of being politically compromised and lawyers opposing Trump's actions of having ties to George Soros, suggesting the judiciary is delaying the administration's agenda.
• Lake also defended the recent arrest of Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan on obstruction charges, asserting that no one is above the law.