Voice of America journalists and their unions have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, claiming that the closure of US-funded news agencies violates workers’ rights to free speech, Reuters reports.
Last week, it was reported that a significant number of employees of the US international broadcaster Voice of America were sent on “administrative” leave, which could mean the broadcaster will effectively cease operations.
According to the journalists’ complaint, filed in federal court in New York, these actions violate the First Amendment to the Constitution and the laws under which Congress authorized and funded Voice of America.
The lawsuit asks the court to overturn the decision to close the US Agency for Global Media, which funds Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty, and Radio Free Asia.
The agency’s closure is part of a broader campaign by President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk to shrink the federal government, which they say is spending American taxpayer money on purposes that do not serve the interests of the United States.
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