Appeals court says VOA director was fired illegally by former head Kari Lake

Michael Abramowitz, the director of Voice of America, was illegally fired from his role by former agency head Kari Lake, an appeals court panel ruled Tuesday.

Abramowitz was dismissed by Lake in August 2025 after refusing an ultimatum: move to a lower-level post in North Carolina or be fired. Abramowitz refused and was terminated, calling Lake’s move “illegal.”

Abramowitz already was suing the government over Lake’s effort to dismantle Voice of America, the international broadcaster first set up in 1942 to counter Nazi propaganda, and asked the court to rectify his firing, as well.

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