The Biden administration has moved quickly to remove a number of senior officials aligned with Donald Trump from the Voice of America (VOA) and the agency that oversees all US-funded international broadcasting.
The actions address fears that the US Agency for Global Media was being turned into a pro-Trump propaganda outlet. The agency announced Thursday that VOA’s director and his deputy had been removed from their positions and that the head of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting had resigned.
Two agency officials familiar with the matter said Mr Reilly and his deputy, Elizabeth Robbins, were escorted from VOA's headquarters by security guards.
It comes as the newly inaugurated President Joe Biden prepares to issue a flurry of executive orders targeted at assisting families and workers amid the coronavirus pandemic.
