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Trump Loyalist REMOVED by GOP Judge

2026-03-15 Entertainment
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Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian break down the ruling that voided Kari Lake's entire tenure running the Voice of America's parent agency. Judge Royce Lamberth — a Reagan appointee — granted summary judgment finding that Lake never had legal authority to serve as acting CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media because Trump never nominated her for Senate confirmation, as required by the Constitution's Appointments Clause and the Federal Vacancies Reform Act. Every action she took — including the layoffs of over 1,000 journalists and staffers, cancellation of office leases, and gutting of broadcasting capabilities — is now void. The hosts explain what VOA actually does: a government-funded but editorially independent network that reaches 300 million listeners weekly in countries like China, North Korea, Russia, and Iran — originally created to fight Nazi propaganda. Lake, a serial election denier who lost races for both governor and Senate in Arizona, called the 82-year-old Reagan appointee an "activist judge" and vowed to appeal. The attorneys argue this is especially absurd given that Trump, now engaged in a war with Iran, could have used VOA as a soft power tool — instead he ordered it killed. They file it under the same playbook: install an unqualified loyalist, watch them fail, then dump them when it gets embarrassing. Kabateck LLP: Call 1-844-74-CIVIL for a free case evaluation or visit us at https://www.kbklawyers.com/ Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Become a member of Legal AF YouTube community: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJgZJZZbnLFPr5GJdCuIwpA/join Become a member of the Legal AF Substack: https://michaelpopok.substack.com/20off Follow Legal AF on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/legalafmtn.bsky.social Follow Michael Popok on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mspopok.bsky.social Subscribe to the Legal AF podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch/id1580828595 Subscribe to the Intersection with Michael Popok podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intersection-with-michael-popok/id1818863274 Subscribe to Unprecedented with Michael Popok and Dina Doll podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unprecedented-by-legal-af/id1867023089 Subscribe to Court of History with Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-court-of-history/id1867022920

Top Comments (10)

@liberatedwoman 2026-03-15

Lake is another malignant narcissistic sociopath. They seem to be multiplying like a plague.

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@WatrfrontTampa 2026-03-15

Power of the VOTE! My entire family were republicans for 160 years, but not since Jan 6th now. We ALL will be voting Democrat for each and every seat that is running. We do not even care if they are politicians or not, we need to throw these Republicans OUT!!! The Republicans want a KING, and they are insane with this REGIME! Trump is a liar - felon - corrupt - convicted sexual abuser - a cheat - and wastes money while social security Americans are starving because they have to pay rent first. Never in this country have we shoved the elderly to the curb to starve and die because Republicans want to make themselves ULTRA RICH !!

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@noirrobin1262 2026-03-15

They can try but they can’t shut down our voices

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@humblebumblebee-m7m 2026-03-16

The Judges need to move faster...

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@Billy-ke7dk 2026-03-15

How Trump Silenced America’s Voice A Reagan‑appointed federal judge just ruled that Kari Lake never had any legal authority to run the U.S. Agency for Global Media – the parent of Voice of America. Because Trump never even bothered to nominate her for Senate confirmation, every decision she made is now void: mass layoffs of over 1,000 journalists, cancelled leases, gutted broadcast operations – all wiped out as illegal. Voice of America isn’t some “fake news” side project. It’s a government‑funded but editorially independent network that reaches roughly 300 million people a week in places like China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran. It was created to counter Nazi propaganda and is one of the few ways ordinary people behind authoritarian firewalls hear an American voice that isn’t coming from a bomb or a drone. Instead of using that tool, Trump installed an unconfirmed loyalist with a record of election denial, let her wreck the place without lawful authority, and now calls the 82‑year‑old Reagan judge an “activist” for pointing out that the Constitution still applies. While he talks tough about Iran, he quietly shut down one of the main instruments we have for persuasion instead of war. This is the pattern: Put an unqualified loyalist in charge. Ignore the Constitution and the guardrails. Let them break the institution. When it blows up, scream “deep state” and move on. If the “America First” crowd really cares about strength and winning, ask a simple question: Why would a serious president cripple America’s own voice to the world and do it in a way a Reagan judge calls unconstitutional, right before starting a new war?

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@nancycarter1617 2026-03-15

Thank You Brian and Shant!

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@agold2125 2026-03-15

What good news. Thank you.

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@t.dickinson7942 2026-03-16

She should be in Prison Assets seized.

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@jennywillis100 2026-03-16

I thought Lake disappear in the swamps somewhere, what a piece of work.

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@brentwalker8596 2026-03-15

The only safe place for characters like Lake is a padded cell.

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