Trump admin wins court battle over VOA reforms; Kari Lake calls it ‘constitutional victory’

In a major legal victory for the Trump administration, the American Appeals Court of the Capital Department granted residence on the minimum court order that imposed on more than 1,000 American Voice employees (VOA) and the resumption of full broadcasts.

“This is a great victory for President Trump and his second authority granted in the United States constitution. It is also a victory for the US Agency for World Media (USAGM),” Carrie Lake, a senior USAGM at the Trump administration, told Fox News Digital after the court’s decision on Saturday.

The decision allows the administration to move forward in its efforts to restructure USAAGM and its sub -subordinated broadcaster.

“We are keen to accomplish President Trump’s first first agenda that has always been to modernize and make our government effective with waste cut, fraud and abuse,” Leck explained to Fox News Digitter.

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“Now that we have a positive judgment in the Court of Appeal, we look forward to completing the plan that we have always to bring VOA to the twenty -first century.”

The ruling of the Court of Appeal 2-1 on Saturday confirmed the judicial respect of the executive authority in matters related to federal employment and contractual decisions.

The court noted that the provincial court probably lacks the judicial jurisdiction to interfere in the administration’s employee procedures and financing decisions, especially with regard to grant agreements with non -federal entities such as free Asian radio and Middle East broadcasting networks.

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Voice of America (VOA) service center in Washington, DC (Fatih Aktas/Anadolu via Getty Images)

This is followed by Trump’s executive on March 14 (EO), which aims to dismantle USagm operations.

A senior White House official told Fox News Digital at the time.

The matter led to the administrative leave, which is about 1,300 Voa employees and the completion of many contracts, temporarily stopping the broadcaster’s activities for the first time in its 83 -year -old history.

“Unfortunately, trivial litigation actually stopped the ability to simplify old practices and excessive programs in VOA,” Lake told Fox News Digital. “The use of Lawfare hurts the agency and its employees more than helped.”

The shareholder also participated in Fox News, the legal analyst and a professor of constitutional law, Jonathan Torley, news about the ruling on X, “The Capital Department has just issued a major judgment in favor of the Trump administration, which filed residency in the administration’s decision to end contracts and positions in the vote of America.”

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The decision came on Saturday, when it was said that VOA staff had been restored to their computers on Friday after the ruling of the federal judge, Royce Lambres, on April 22, in favor of the prosecutor’s request for a preliminary first issuance against EO for Trump, which resumed the administration immediately.

The court ruling can be read here.

Emma Colon and Andrea Margolis of Fox News Digiti contributed to this report.