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Case 1:26-cv-00980
Document 1
Filed 03/23/26
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
BARRY NEWHOUSE, AYESHA TANZEEM, DONG HYUK LEE, KSENIA TURKOVA, PEN AMERICA, REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS, INC., and REPORTERS SANS FRONTIÈRES, c/o Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel LLP, One Rockefeller Plaza, 8th Fl. New York, NY 10020
Plaintiffs,
-against-
U.S. AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA, Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building 330 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20407,
MICHAEL RIGAS, in his official capacity as Acting CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building 330 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20407, and
KARI LAKE, in her official capacity as a federal employee, Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building 330 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20407,
Defendants.
Case No. 25 Civ.
COMPLAINT
INTRODUCTION
1. This is a case about censorship and propaganda carried out by the United States government. It comes in the midst of an international crisis and conflict, when access to unbiased news and information, as mandated by the Constitution and by Congress, is crucial.
2. In the last year, President Donald J. Trump and his appointees have done everything in their power to silence and dismantle Voice of America ("VOA"), an independent,
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