2026年3月8日 美国东部时间凌晨2:02 / 路透社
华盛顿，3月7日（路透社） – 一名联邦法官周六裁定，卡丽·莱克（Kari Lake）在去年大部分时间担任美国国际媒体署（USAGM）领导职务的行为违反了联邦法律，其为削减员工和终止美国之音（VOA）部门多项业务而采取的一系列全面行动均被宣告无效。
这对特朗普政府试图削弱各政府机构的努力又是一次打击。美国地区法官罗伊斯·兰伯思（Royce Lamberth）批准了原告方的简易判决，原告包括VOA记者和代表联邦雇员的工会。原告方认为，莱克被任命为代理首席执行官及其在任期间采取的行动违反了《联邦空缺职位改革法》和宪法任命条款。
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兰伯思裁定，莱克在2025年1月前首席执行官阿曼达·贝内特（Amanda Bennett）辞职时并未受雇于USAGM，且未获得参议院对任何其他联邦职位的确认，因此无资格担任代理首席执行官。莱克于2025年3月正式加入USAGM担任高级顾问，该机构11月21日的新闻稿称其为代理首席执行官。
法官同时驳回了政府方的论点，即莱克可通过前任代理首席执行官维克多·莫拉莱斯（Victor Morales）的授权行使首席执行官权力。
周六的判决至少是兰伯思第三次在涉及美国之音的案件中裁定特朗普政府败诉。今年4月和9月，法官曾叫停多项可能导致大量VOA员工失业的计划，尽管4月的裁决后来被上诉法院推翻。
莱克誓言将对兰伯思的最新裁决提起上诉。她在一份声明中表示：”兰伯思法官有做出激进裁决的先例，此案也不例外。”
原告方包括帕西·维达库斯瓦拉（Patsy Widakuswara）、凯特·尼珀（Kate Neeper）和杰西卡·杰瑞特（Jessica Jerreat），他们称该裁决”带来了新的希望和动力”，有助于推动恢复VOA在全球的业务削减。
他们在声明中表示：”我们感到大快人心，深表感激。”
兰伯思在判决书中写道，根据《空缺职位法》，非合法担任空缺职位者所采取的行动”不具法律效力，也无法得到追认”。这一标准可能会威胁到莱克决定的法律地位，包括目前在法院命令暂停执行下影响数百名员工的裁员计划。
“因此，莱克在2025年7月31日至11月19日期间声称担任代理首席执行官期间采取的任何行动均无效。”兰伯思写道。
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US judge voids 2025 actions taken by Kari Lake as Voice of America CEO, including job cuts
March 8, 2026 2:02 AM UTC / Reuters
WASHINGTON, March 7 (Reuters) – A federal judge ruled on Saturday that Kari Lake’s leadership of the U.S. Agency for Global Media for much of last year violated federal law, invalidating a sweeping series of actions she took to cut staff and end many operations at its Voice of America unit.
In another blow to the Trump administration’s attempts to diminish various government agencies, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth granted a summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs — including VOA journalists and a union representing federal employees — who argued that Lake’s appointment as acting CEO and actions she took in that role ran afoul of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act and the Constitution’s Appointments Clause.
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Lamberth ruled that Lake was ineligible to serve as acting CEO because she was not employed by USAGM when former CEO Amanda Bennett resigned in January 2025, and had not been confirmed by the Senate to any other federal post. Lake officially joined USAGM in March as a senior adviser. A November 21 news release from the agency called her deputy CEO.
The judge also rejected the administration’s argument that Lake could wield CEO authority through a delegation from previous acting CEO Victor Morales.
Saturday’s decision marks at least the third time Lamberth has ruled against the Trump administration in cases involving the Voice of America. The judge in April and September halted plans that would have put many VOA employees out of work, although the April ruling was later overturned by an appeals court.
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Lake vowed to appeal Lamberth’s latest ruling. “Judge Lamberth has a pattern of activist rulings — and this case is no different,” she said in a statement.
The named plaintiffs, Patsy Widakuswara, Kate Neeper and Jessica Jerreat, said the decision “brings renewed hope and momentum” as they push to roll back cuts in VOA’s operations around the world.
“We feel vindicated and deeply grateful,” they said in a statement.
Under the Vacancies Act, actions taken by someone not lawfully serving in a vacant office “shall have no force or effect” and cannot be ratified, Lamberth wrote. That standard could threaten the legal standing of Lake’s decisions, including a reduction-in-force affecting hundreds of employees that remains under a court-ordered suspension.
“As a consequence, any actions taken by Lake during her asserted tenure as acting CEO between July 31 and November 19, 2025…are void,” Lamberth wrote.
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Voice of America, which had broadcast in 49 languages to 420 million people across more than 100 countries, was limited to four languages under the administration’s efforts to dismantle the agency.
Reporting by Mike Stone in Washington; Editing by Sergio Non and Franklin Paul
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