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    VOA Director Forced Aside In Drive To Embed Trump Loyalists Before Biden Era

    U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO Michael Pack removed Acting Voice of America Director Elez Biberaj, part of a broad effort to install Trump supporters before the Biden administration comes to power.
    by David Folkenflik Dec 08, 2020 5 minutes
    Elez Biberaj was acting director of Voice of America until Tuesday, when he accepted a demotion rather than retire.

    Updated at 12:08 a.m. ET on Wednesday

    The Trump appointee who runs the government's overseas broadcasters reassigned the head of the Voice of America on Tuesday as part of a broad effort to install supporters of the president before the Biden administration comes to power.

    U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO Michael Pack is intending to name as VOA director Robert Reilly, an outspoken conservative ally who briefly served in the job under President George W. Bush nearly two decades ago.

    This story is based on interviews with nine people with knowledge of the events described, including current and former USAGM employees and Congressional aides. They sought anonymity given the number of people that Pack has fired in his relatively short time in office. USAGM officials including Pack did

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