Donald Trump nominated a senior State Department official to lead the agency that oversees the Voice of America and other U.S. government broadcasters, after a federal judge invalidated layoffs and other actions taken by the president’s appointee Kari Lake.
Sarah B. Rogers, who has been serving as under secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs, was nominated as CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, according to a court filing Thursday.
The president also appointed Michael Rigas, deputy secretary of state, to serve as acting CEO. Lake said she will continue to serve as deputy CEO.
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Last week, a federal judge ruled that Lake had been leading the agency in violation of the law, concluding that she had been the “de facto” CEO as she carried out a downsizing of the agency that left the best known
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