US Agency for Global Media reinstates employees dismissed under Trump
Source: The Hill
BY REBECCA BEITSCH - 02/19/21 12:25 PM EST
The agency overseeing Voice of America has reinstated five whistleblowers who were all fired on the same day last year by Trump officials.
The U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) has returned the employees fired on Aug. 12 by then-CEO Michael Pack, who was dismissed by President Biden just hours after taking office on Jan. 20.
“Deputy Director for Operations Ma Walsh, Chief Strategy Officer Shawn Powers, Chief Financial Officer Grant Turner, General Counsel David Kligerman, and Executive Director Oanh Tran have all returned to their positions at the agency,” Kelu Chao, acting CEO of the agency, wrote Wednesday night in a staff email obtained by The Hill.
Chao went on to describe each employee as going “to great lengths to try to defend the firewall,” designed to block agency staff from interfering with the news judgment and editorial independence of Voice of America.
Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/international/539583-us-agency-for-global-media-reinstates-those-dismissed-under-trump
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... and please start with the State Department. It's time to undo Chump's damage.
