WASHINGTON Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took to U.S. government-funded airwaves on Monday to deliver a full-throated defence of the Trump administration’s presentation of its foreign policy and its support for democracy abroad. Less than a week after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol to try to subvert the results of […]
WCBE: Voice of America CEO Accused of Fraud, Misuse of Office All In One Week
Voice of America CEO Accused Of Fraud, Misuse Of Office All In One Week
This article features our Senior Counsel David Seide and was originally published here.
Fresh crises and fresh challenges confront the Trump-appointed CEO of the parent of Voice of America, even with less than two weeks left of the Trump presidency.
To start, the Attorney General of the District of Columbia this week accused U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO Michael Pack of illegally funneling more than $4 million to his private documentary company through a not-for-profit that he also controls.
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Originally published on December 23, 2020 1:36 pm
Justice Department whistleblowers are calling on federal watchdogs and members of Congress to investigate what they call illegal and abusive government directives that waste money and chill diversity-related speech across the entire federal workforce.
NPR has obtained a letter by a lawyer for the whistleblowers, who report that diversity and inclusion programs they had planned for the Justice Department earlier this year were branded divisive propaganda and had to be canceled.
One such program was supposed to feature the former U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, Jessie Liu; and the head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Regina Lombardo, to discuss the gender leadership gap at the Justice Department. Another would have examined the issue of implicit bias in law enforcement.
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The Justice Department previously declined to comment on how it is implementing President Trump s executive order, but most diversity programs there appear to have been put on hold since autumn. Ramin Talaie/Getty Images
Justice Department whistleblowers are calling on federal watchdogs and members of Congress to investigate what they call illegal and abusive government directives that waste money and chill diversity-related speech across the entire federal workforce.
NPR has obtained a letter by a lawyer for the whistleblowers, who report that diversity and inclusion programs they had planned for the Justice Department earlier this year were branded divisive propaganda and had to be canceled.