President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday night that Kari Lake, a former TV news anchor who has lost bids for Senate and for governor in Arizona, will be appointed to lead the Voice of America.
“I am pleased to announce that Kari Lake will serve as our next Director of the Voice of America,” Trump said in a statement. “She will be appointed by, and work closely with, our next head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, who I will announce soon, to ensure that the American values of Freedom and Liberty are broadcast around the World FAIRLY and ACCURATELY, unlike the lies spread by the Fake News Media.”
Lake, who lost Arizona’s open Senate race with 47.7 percent to Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego’s 50.1 percent this year, ran behind Trump, who won the state with 52.2 percent of the vote, according to The Associated Press.
