The former employees sought to stop Pack from interfering in the editorial affairs of the broadcasters his agency oversees. In a ruling issued late Friday, Howell imposed a series of preliminary injunctions that effectively bar Pack from direct involvement in the networks’ editorial operations. “They are free to do exactly what Congress intended: export independent, First Amendment-style journalism to the world.”USAGM’s representatives didn’t respond to a request for comment. ADThe order won’t restore the jobs of the employees fired by Pack, including Grant Turner, the name plaintiff (Turner had been USAGM’s chief financial officer when Pack fired him and the other senior employees). The former employees’ work status is the subject of a separate administrative process.

Source: Washington Post November 21, 2020 05:26 UTC