Former Republican gubernatorial candidate for Arizona, Kari Lake, has just been nominated by the White House to a new position.
Lake, who previously served as the head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media before a Federal judge ruled her tenure was invalid because she was not confirmed by the Senate, has been tapped to be the next ambassador to Jamaica.
The former TV anchor, however, still has an uphill battle and will need to be confirmed by the Senate.
The Guardian reported more on Lake’s nomination:
Donald Trump has nominated Kari Lake, a longtime ally and former TV anchor who ran unsuccessfully for Arizona governor, to serve as the next US ambassador to Jamaica.
If confirmed by the Senate, it would end Lake’s tenure as the key official responsible for Voice of America (VOA), the global media organization created in 1942.
In 2024, the US president appointed Lake to lead the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which oversees VOA, following her unsuccessful Senate and gubernatorial campaigns in Arizona, and under the direction of a presidential executive order she moved to fire hundreds of VOA employees, as well as to cut funding for other newsgroups.
But staffers challenged those actions, and in March a federal judge ruled that Lake had been unlawfully serving as head of USAGM because she had not been confirmed by the Senate, and voided her actions at the agency, including the mass layoffs.
In response to being nominated by President Trump to be the next ambassador to Jamaica, Lake thanked the president.
Take a look:
Thank you to President Trump for nominating me to serve as the next U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica. 🇺🇸🇯🇲
Jamaica is a country I know very well, full of incredible people, and if confirmed by the Senate, I look forward to strengthening the partnership between our nations, advancing… pic.twitter.com/pr5Ieffzvp
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) May 11, 2026
Full text:
Thank you to President Trump for nominating me to serve as the next U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica. 🇺🇸🇯🇲
Jamaica is a country I know very well, full of incredible people, and if confirmed by the Senate, I look forward to strengthening the partnership between our nations, advancing America’s interests abroad, and building on the deep friendship shared by the American and Jamaican people.
ADVERTISEMENTHonored to continue serving in this HISTORIC Administration!
Lake’s confirmation is sure to be filled with questions regarding the 2020 presidential election results, considering she was one of Trump’s biggest supporters and repeatedly called for recounts and investigations into mail-in ballots in Arizona.
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