The immigration hardliner has echoed Trump\u2019s criticism of \u2018fake news\u2019 and has never acknowledged her defeat in race to be governor of Arizona<\/p>\n
President-elect Donald Trump has picked Kari Lake as director of Voice of America, installing a staunch loyalist and immigration hardliner to head the congressionally funded broadcaster that provides independent news reporting around the world.<\/p>\n
Lake, who ran unsuccessfully for Arizona governor and a Senate seat, was a television news anchor in Phoenix for nearly three decades until she left in 2021 after making a series of controversial statements on social media, including sharing Covid-19 misinformation during the pandemic.<\/p>\n
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