Aug. 29 (UPI) -- A federal judge has prohibited the Trump administration from dismissing Voice of America director Michael Abramowitz, handing President Donald Trump a defeat in his effort to dismantle the government-run and federally funded international news organization.
In his ruling Thursday, Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of D.C. stated that the Trump administration cannot fire Abramowitz without approval of the International Broadcasting Advisory Board.
"The applicable statutory requirements could not be clearer: the director of Voice of America 'may only be removed if such action has been approved by a majority of the vote,'" Lamberth wrote.
"There is no longer a question of whether the termination was unlawful."
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