Voice of America purged of leaders aligned with Trump

The Biden administration has moved quickly to remove a number of senior officials aligned with former President Donald Trump from the Voice of America and the agency that oversees all U.s.-funded international broadcasting.

The actions address fears that the U.S. Agency for Global Media was being turned into a pro-trump propaganda outlet. The agency announced Thursday that VOA’S director, Robert Reilly, and his deputy, Elizabeth Robbins, had been removed from their positions.

Two agency officials familiar with the matter said Reilly and Robbins were escorted from VOA’S headquarters by security guards. The officials were not authorized to discuss personnel matters and spoke on condition of anonymity.

In addition, Jeffrey Shapiro, who was just recently appointed to run Cuba-focused broadcasters Radio and TV Marti, resigned at the request of the new administration, they said.