Kari Lake, who serves as President Donald Trump’s top adviser to the U.S. Agency for Global Media, has officially dismissed more than 500 Voice of America employees, the former journalist announced Friday evening.  

Lake sent termination letters to 532 employees of the broadcaster and its parent company late on Friday. “The U.S. Agency for Global Media initiated what is known as a reduction in force, or RIF, of a large number of its full-time federal employees,” Lake wrote, adding that this would “help reduce the federal bureaucracy … and save the American people more of their hard-earned money.”

“I look forward to taking additional steps in the coming months to improve the functioning of a very broken agency and make sure America’s voice is heard abroad where it matters most,” Lake added.

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