A federal judge sometimes known for leaning conservative in politically-charged cases temporarily halted the Trump administration shutting the parent organization for Voice of America and other taxpayer-funded media outlets.
U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth, a senior judge in the District of Columbia, ordered that the U.S. Agency for Global Media restore publicly-backed media outlets that report news to nations abroad. The judge also directed the USAGM to restore employment to everyone placed on administrative leave.
“In short, the defendants had no method or approach towards shutting down USAGM that this Court can discern,” Lamberth wrote in his opinion Tuesday, The Hill reported.
“They took immediate and drastic action to slash USAGM, without considering its statutorily or constitutionally required functions as required by the plain language of the EO, and…
