Kari Lake, senior adviser for the U.S. Agency for Global Media, told Newsmax on Thursday that her goal is to save taxpayer money while making sure Voice of America is putting out relevant content.

Appearing on “Greg Kelly Reports,” Lake said she is working on cleaning things up and rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer dollars at the agency.

“We’re already in a battle,” Lake said. “We’ve got several lawsuits that we’re in the middle of, but that’s what happens in Washington, D.C., when you try to shrink down the bureaucracy. The snakes come out and they try to fight you and they try to bite you, but we’re biting back.”

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