(NPR) 'I Was Speechless': Law Firm Investigated Its Own Ex-Client For Trump VOA Chief

'I Was Speechless': Law Firm Investigated Its Own Ex-Client For Trump VOA Chief

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In June 2020, Libby Liu announced she would step down as head of the Open Technology Fund the following month. Newly appointed U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO Michael Pack fired her anyway, effective immediately.



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'I Was Speechless': Law Firm Investigated Its Own Ex-Client For Trump VOA Chief

Over nearly five months, McGuireWoods earned well over $2 million in taxpayer money to investigate The Open Technology Fund at the behest of Trump-appointed CEO Michael Pack.