President-elect Donald Trump has announced Kari Lake as the next director of Voice of America, a global news outlet funded by the United States government. In a statement posted on Truth Social, Trump expressed his pleasure in appointing Lake to the position. He emphasized that Lake would work closely with the upcoming head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media to ensure that American values of Freedom and Liberty are broadcast globally in a fair and accurate manner.
Lake, a former news anchor in Arizona for over 20 years, was praised by Trump for her support and congratulated on her new role. However, Lake's close ties to Trump and her promotion of unfounded claims of election fraud have drawn attention. She recently ran for a U.S. Senate seat in Arizona but was defeated by Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego in the November elections.
