# Claim 41

USAGM said the actions complied with a presidential executive order to shrink the federal bureaucracy.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: USAGM said the actions complied with a presidential executive order to shrink the federal bureaucracy.
- Field: stated_justification
- Value: Reducing the federal bureaucracy
- About: [incident 2025-usagm-moves-to-shut-down-voice-of-america](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-usagm-moves-to-shut-down-voice-of-america)
- Source: Voice of America journalists sue Trump administration, Kari Lake over shutdown. https://www.npr.org/2025/03/21/nx-s1-5336351/voice-of-america-trump-lawsuit-kari-lake-voa
- Publisher: NPR
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2025-03-21

## Quotation from the source

> Obscene over-spending including a nearly quarter-of-a-million-dollar lease for a Pennsylvania Avenue high-rise that has no broadcasting facilities to meet the needs of the agency

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