On Tuesday, a federal judge prevented President Trump temporarily to close the Radio of Europe/Radio Freedom, a federal news organization that was born from American efforts to confront Soviet propaganda during the Cold War.
The judge issued Royce C. Lambers of the US Provincial Court of Colombia is temporarily temporarily, saying that the Trump administration cannot close RFE/RL unilaterally, even if the president had ordered the closure.
Judge Lambres said that the administration cannot cancel Congress, which gave the news a legal mandate to enhance freedom of opinion and expression, with “one sentence of thinking about providing almost any interpretation.”
Judge Lambres was referring to a letter on March 15 to RF/RL from the Trump administration, who said the broadcaster was no longer a need because the government’s priorities had turned. The letter was not explained, unlike reference to Mr. Trump’s directives to close federal agencies.
The temporary restriction order for RFE/RL will allow staying open at least until March 28. After that, Judge Lambres will decide whether a preliminary judicial order will be issued that allows news specifications to continue the work until the court reaches a final ruling.
Free Europe and Radio Freedom Radio was established in the fifties of the last century as a secret US intelligence operation through the CIA. The broadcaster sought to raise the opposition hostile to communism behind the iron curtain.
Since the early 1970s, it has been funded by Congress and had a liberal independence. RFE/RL reports today are approximately 30 different languages, up to 47 million people every week in 23 countries, including Afghanistan, Russia and Hungary.
Judge Lambarith wrote: “The court concludes a long time ago with the decision of Congress, that the continued RFE/RL operation in the public interest,” Judge Lambers wrote:
Judge Lambres was appointed by President Ronald Reagan.
His rule is partially prohibited by the Trump administration’s batch to close the mother agency of the USA news agency, which supervised five news networks funded by Federation, including Voice of America.
The message was sent to RFE/RL a day after Mr. Trump signed an executive order to dismantle the Information Agency, as an effort to end approximately $ 7.5 million in grants. The news organization is a special non -profit organization that receives most of its funding from the federal government.
“The award does not affect the agency’s priorities,” said the letter.
Judge Lambres wrote on Tuesday that the letter did not provide sufficient explanation for the reason for the news port that was organized from Congress to its unilateral closure.
“They acted arbitrarily and volatile,” the Trump administration officials wrote. “The interpretation” of Usagm cannot be described as an interpretation. “
The message was signed by Kari Lake, a private adviser to the agency that seems to lead the batch to the intestine. Mrs. Lake, who was appointed in February, is a former Senate candidate and local news broadcaster who collected false allegations that the 2020 elections were forged.
Mrs. Lake was initially named in December to be the next director of America by Mr. Trump. She was appointed as a special advisor to the media agency instead, where legal experts asked whether Mr. Trump would be able to launch the voice of the current director of America.
Her appointment disturbed fears that the Trump administration will enter into the editorial decisions of the federal government -funded news organizations. The World Media Agency also opened investigations into journalists to inform her of Mr. Trump’s criticism or made comments seen as criticizing him.
During his first term, Mr. Trump attacked the media under the World Media Agency because of their editorial decisions, and accused those assigned to him of trying to weaken press guarantees.
In 2020, Mr. Trump appointed Michael Pak, an ally of his former assistant Stephen K. Bannon, for the management of the Information Agency.
Mr. Pak was accused of trying to turn America’s voice into a tongue of the Trump administration, and a federal judge Ruling Mr. Buck has violated the rights of the first amendment to the executive journalists. A Federalism The investigation later found that Mr. Buck had touched the media agency starkly, and badly using his authority over and over again by marginalizing the executives who felt that Mr. Trump did not support sufficiently.
On Monday, Mr. Trump withdrew the nomination of L Instead, Mr. Bouzil was called the next US ambassador to South Africa.
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