US_ Media agency chief refuses to answer questions from Congress on report of corruption at VOA

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Media agency chief refuses to answer questions from Congress on report of corruption at VOA

USAGM's Bennett sidesteps GOP critics on rehiring of fired VOA Persian service manager

In this image provided by the Voice of America, Amanda Bennett poses for a photo on Nov. 16, 2016, in Washington. Bennett, the director of Voice of America and her deputy Sandy Sugawara resigned Monday, June 15, 2020, following recent … more >

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times - Tuesday, July 9, 2024


The chief executive in charge of overseeing official U.S. broadcast outlets declined to answer questions about corruption at the Voice of America that House Foreign Affairs Committee investigators say they uncovered during a probe of the agency.

Amanda Bennett, chief executive of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), rebuffed multiple questions from Republicans at a charged House subcommittee hearing that focused in part on the case of Setarah Sieg, a Persian language manager at the Voice of America. Ms. Sieg was fired near the end of the Trump administration and rehired weeks after President Biden took office.

An investigative report by the full committee made public last month reported that Ms. Sieg had falsified her resume and misused taxpayer funds while managers at federal broadcaster agencies sought to cover up the activities.

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