"Any actions taken by Lake during her asserted tenure as acting CEO between July 31 and November 19, 2025...are void," Judge Royce Lamberth wrote.

Lake vowed to appeal Lamberth's latest ruling. "Judge Lamberth has a pattern of activist rulings — and this case is no different," she said in a statement.

"Any actions taken by Lake during her asserted tenure as acting CEO between July 31 and November 19, 2025...are void," Judge Royce Lamberth wrote.

A judge invalidated Kari Lake's efforts to dismantle Voice of America and enact sweeping layoffs there because she was not eligible for the position.