Kari Lake hands Trump administration a legal loss in case over news funding
David McAfee
March 27, 2025
March 27, 2025
RAW STORY
Donald Trump and Kari Lake (Image via Gage Skidmore)
Donald Trump's administration experienced a self-inflicted legal loss after Kari Lake, special advisor to the federal parent agency overseeing Voice of America, moved to restore a grant for Radio Free Europe.
The news comes just a couple days after the international public broadcaster Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty landed its initial legal victory over President Donald Trump when a federal judge temporarily restrained his administration from terminating its funding.
Now, Lake has withdrawn the cancelation of Radio Free Europe’s grant, "seeking to end a legal standoff," according to Politico reporter Kyle Cheney.
"Plaintiff has secured the primary relief--withdrawing the termination of its grant agreement--that it requested in the complaint," attorneys for Lake wrote. "Now that Plaintiff has received that relief, Defendants' position is that this matter is now moot."
Donald Trump and Kari Lake (Image via Gage Skidmore)
Donald Trump's administration experienced a self-inflicted legal loss after Kari Lake, special advisor to the federal parent agency overseeing Voice of America, moved to restore a grant for Radio Free Europe.
The news comes just a couple days after the international public broadcaster Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty landed its initial legal victory over President Donald Trump when a federal judge temporarily restrained his administration from terminating its funding.
Now, Lake has withdrawn the cancelation of Radio Free Europe’s grant, "seeking to end a legal standoff," according to Politico reporter Kyle Cheney.
"Plaintiff has secured the primary relief--withdrawing the termination of its grant agreement--that it requested in the complaint," attorneys for Lake wrote. "Now that Plaintiff has received that relief, Defendants' position is that this matter is now moot."
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