(Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had selected Kari Lake, a former news anchor and hardline Republican who failed to win a seat in the Arizona Senate last month, as director of the US government-funded media outlet Voice of America.
Trump said in a post on his Truth Social site that Lake “will ensure that America's values of freedom and liberty are broadcast FAIRLY and ACCURATELY around the world, unlike the lies spread by the Fake News Media.”
Lake, a strong Trump supporter who has repeated his false claims of fraud in the 2020 election, also lost the 2022 governor's race in the swing state of Arizona and was previously an anchor at Phoenix-based Fox 10.
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Voice of America (VOA) is an international media broadcaster active online and on radio and television in more than 40 languages.
During his first term, Trump clashed with VOA, accusing it of amplifying Chinese propaganda after it showed a light show segment marking the reopening of Wuhan, the city where the coronavirus pandemic first emerged.
(Reporting by Costas Pitas; Editing by Eric Beech)
