Trump Envoy Accuses VOA Reporter of 'Treasonous' Behavior for Reporting a Quote Critical of the President

Source: Mediaite

Trump Envoy Accuses VOA Reporter of ‘Treasonous’ Behavior for Reporting a Quote Critical of the President

Alex Griffing Feb 11th, 2025, 12:51 pm

Presidential Envoy for Special Missions Richard Grenell accused Voice of America’s White House Bureau Chief Steve Herman of acting in a “treasonous” way for posting a quote critical of the Trump administration while reporting on recent lawsuits being filed against the Trump administration following the shuttering of USAID over the weekend.

“A lawsuit is being filed tonight on behalf of AFSA and AFGE against Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, Scott Bessent, USAID, the State Department, and the Department of Treasury for shutting down USAID, ‘causing a global humanitarian crisis, and costing thousands of American jobs,'” Herman wrote in a social media thread.

As part of that reporting, Herman spoke to Skye Perryman – the president of Democracy Forward, a nonprofit legal services and public policy research organization. Perryman was critical of Trump and Elon Musk’s treatment of USAID and told Herman that eliminating USAID “makes Americans less safe at home and abroad” – which Herman also shared on X.

Grenell noticed Herman’s post and replied, “Aren’t you a taxpayer funded “reporter” for @voa?” ... “Why are you working against President Trump’s reform plans for the U.S. budget? You weren’t elected. It isn’t too much to suggest this is treasonous. You don’t get to work against the official U.S. government policies while being paid by US taxpayers. You should be immediately fired,” added Grenell, who Trump also recently made the Kennedy Center’s interim executive director.

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