President Trump Announces Big Role for Kari Lake in New Administration

President Trump just announced that Kari Lake will be nominated to serve as Director of the Voice of America, a federal broadcasting network.

She will be officially nominated by President Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Agency for Global Media.

In a Truth Social post, President Trump said this person’s name will be revealed soon.

Check it out:

🚨BREAKING: Trump announces Kari Lake as Next Director of Voice of America. pic.twitter.com/zROrgYqjgI

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) December 12, 2024

BREAKING : Person of the Year 🇺🇸President Trump nominates Kari Lake to be the next Director of the ‘Voice of America’ 🇺🇸

MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR FROM KARI LAKE DAILY. LET’S GO 🇺🇸

THIS IS HUGE 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/xsOD1xbigT

— Ape𝕏 (@CubanOnlyTrump) December 12, 2024

Here’s President Trump’s full Truth Social post:

I can’t think of a better person to serve in this role!

Congrats, Kari!

Axios has more details:

President-elect Trump said Wednesday the next head of the agency in charge of Voice of America will appoint former television news anchor Kari Lake to serve as director of the federally funded broadcaster.

The big picture: Lake will work with the next head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media “to ensure that the American values of Freedom and Liberty are broadcast around the World FAIRLY and ACCURATELY, unlike the lies spread by the Fake News Media,” Trump said of the MAGA loyalist on Truth Social.

• “Kari was a beloved News Anchor in Anchor in Arizona, which supported me by record margins, for over 20 years,” he added in reference to the state that elected Trump in November but voted for President Biden in 2020.

State of play: Lake had a 30-year media career in Arizona before unsuccessfully running for looking to go into politics.

• The staunch Trump supporter unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. Senate in Arizona last month.
• She was also the defeated Republican gubernatorial candidate in 2022 and unsuccessfully challenged the results.

NBC News added:

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he wants ally Kari Lake to serve as the next director of the Voice of America, a federal network that’s part of the U.S. Agency for Global Media.

In his post to Truth Social, Trump said that Lake would be nominated by the next head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, a pick he said he would announce “soon.”

Trump said that Lake would “ensure that the American values of Freedom and Liberty are broadcast around the World FAIRLY and ACCURATELY, unlike the lies spread by the Fake News Media.”

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VOA representatives did not immediately respond to questions about the processes for nominating and approving a new director, as well as what Trump’s announcement could mean for the employment of the current director, Michael Abramowitz.

Lake previously worked as a news anchor in Arizona for more than 20 years at KSAZ, the Phoenix Fox News affiliate. In the years since, she parted ways with the news industry, she ran failed bids for both Arizona governor and senator.