Patsy Widakuswara, Jessica Jerreat, and Kathryn Neeper are the three named plaintiffs in Government Accountability Project’s lawsuit against Kari Lake, the CEO of U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), the supervising agency for Voice of America (VOA), and USAGM’s Acting Director, Victor Morales. On March 21, 2025, Government Accountability Project challenged the unlawful shutdown and closure of VOA when the three journalists and their colleagues were placed on indefinite leave. The whistleblowers assert that the agency failed to fulfill its legally required functions and violated both journalistic freedom and separation of powers when it ordered staff not to report to work, suspended contractors, turned off service, and locked the agency’s doors.

Widakuswara was VOA’s White House Bureau chief where she had the opportunity to ask questions to several presidents, including President Trump.

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