Posted on 03/19/2025 1:59:58 AM PDT by Libloather
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the U.S.-funded news outlet created to reach people living under communism during the Cold War, is suing Kari Lake and the Trump administration over efforts to defund the organization.
The lawsuit, filed in a Washington D.C. federal court, said the station has not been paid a $7.5 million invoice submitted Monday. It claims the funding freeze undermines Congress’s purse strings. Both entities are funded by government grants, with around 1% coming from private donations and other sources, the lawsuit states.
"Whether to disburse funds as directed by appropriations laws, and whether to make those funds available through grants as directed by the International Broadcasting Act, is not an optional choice for the agency to make," the lawsuit said. "It is the law. Urgent relief is needed to compel the agency to follow the law."
If funding doesn't resume, the station will be forced to lay off employees that work to bring news coverage to 23 countries in Europe and Asia in 27 languages.
"This is not the time to cede terrain to the propaganda and censorship of America’s adversaries," RFE/RL President and CEO Stephen Capus said in a statement. We believe the law is on our side and that the celebration of our demise by despots around the world is premature."
The lawsuit names U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), Victor Morales, the acting USAGM CEO, and Kari Lake, a former television anchor in Arizona who later ran for governor and senator who serves as a senior advisor to Morales, as defendants.
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MORE LAWFARE!!
Right.
You can pretty much expect this now, more lawfare.
After what Justice Roberts and Amy did, the flood gates are wide open. Should we guess how many more will come from the judges, etc today?
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, taxpayer-funded news outlet is
using our tax dollars to sue Kari Lake and Trump over efforts to defund them.
The Radio Free Europe lawsuit said the tax-financed station
has not been given $7.5 million tax dollars it is demanding.
Both entities are funded by government grants, with around
1% from “private donations” and “other sources,” the lawsuit states.
Why don’t these piggies fund themselves. American taxpayers are already funding everything else on this ****hole planet.
Kari Lake has been beat upon more than almost anyone except Trump! I hope someone pays dearly for targeting her.
Lawfare is all they have and the dems are down in the polls because of it
One way to slow this down is for Republicans to start their mid-term campaigning as early as possible. The dems have tended to lay low on such far left activism during election campaigns and try to pretend they are more center-right in order to beat their republican opposition.
Depends on contracts.
Where is it written that we have to fund these wasteful organizations? What a bunch of parasites.
Why are the AMERICAN TAXPAYERS being forced to subsidize this old Cold War dinosaur? This is bull ****. THE COLD WAR IS OVER!!!.
Pay em to stay home
Sell the hard assets
Cancel leases
Agree....We’re waaaaay beyond this...It’s not like it’s the only source...
“...If funding doesn’t resume, the station will be forced to lay off employees...”
Uh, that is the whole point of defunding you a$$wipes. The milk from the USA cow has run dry. America is $40 trillion in debt. Cuts have to be made, starting with these worthless agencies.
He retired to Madeira Beach, FL, and the new owner doesn't like neighborhood brats cutting across his lawn. Only now, he finds out that said brats have established a precedent and they have a legal right to destroy his lawn.
Stupid Americans have been funding bums for so long, said bums feel we owe it to them.
However, if the ‘invoice’ in reference is for work already completed or services already rendered, then it should be paid according to terms of existing contracts or agreements.
Future payments, though, should be suspended; agreed.
Parasites suing their “former” hosts. Nothing ceases to amaze me. Maybe we should spray them with malathion?
The thing is, the conditions in Europe that existed then do not exist now. If their work was still valuable, it should be able to get support from private donors, but I think they'd have a hard time making their case. Maybe they should reconfigure their mission in accord with today's America and today's world.
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