Kari Lake, the senior advisor to the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), said they have eliminated 1400 positions, an 85% reduction in personnel since March.

In a statement posted to X, Lake said the moves were part of President Donald Trump’s executive order to shrink the federal workforce.

“Reduction in Force (RIF) notices were sent to 639 employees at USAGM and Voice of America — part of a transformation plan to create a more efficient, less biased USAGM funded and directed in accordance with America’s foreign policy objectives,” Lake said. “We will no longer subsidize anti-American, biased, wasteful media. We are proud to carry out President Trump’s executive order and deliver results the American people deserve.”

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