Workers at the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty broadcast networks filed a motion requesting a restraining order against the news outlets being shut down. On Tuesday, US District Judge Royce C. Lamberth granted that ask and further “ordered that the defendants and their agents take no steps and impose no obligations relating to closing out the plaintiff’s grant.”
The shut down, under USAGM head Kari Lake, came after President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy. Lake said that the executive order was to “scale back the bureaucracy.”
On March 19, the employees asked for the “immediate disbursement of $7,464,559 in congressionally appropriated funds for the period of March 1–14, 2025 and an order enjoining implementation of the termination letter.”
The VOA responded: “The agency has taken immediate administrative steps to initiate the disbursement of an amount totaling $7,464,559. Given the mechanics of the Treasury process, we believe that the payment will be in their system by March 26, 2025. We expect to provide Proof of Payment by March 26, 2025. Actual disbursement to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty will occur within a week from today’s date.”
The judge removed that portion of the ask from his decision, saying it was now moot. However, the temporary restraining order was granted based on his belief that because Congress had created law to authorize VOA, the executive branch could not disable it. […]
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