House Committee Alleges ‘Credible Evidence of Corruption’ at U.S. Agency for Global Media

House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Michael McCaul said he found credible evidence that the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) improperly shielded a Voice of America employee accused of lying about her educational background and improperly spending taxpayer funds.

On Wednesday, McCaul (R., Texas) published the findings of a three-year investigation into Setareh Sieg, who was suspended, and on track to be fired, from her position as director of Voice of America’s Persian-language service in January 2021 at the end of the Trump administration but was reinstated immediately after President Biden’s inauguration. Sieg’s lawyer, in a written statement, pushed back strongly on the report and the allegations contained in it.

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House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Michael McCaul said he found credible evidence that the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) improperly shielded a Voice of America employee accused of lying about her educational background and improperly spending taxpayer funds.

On Wednesday, McCaul (R., Texas) published the findings of a three-year investigation into Setareh Sieg, who was suspended, and on track to be fired, from her position as director of Voice of America’s Persian-language service in January 2021 at the end of the Trump administration but was reinstated immediately after President Biden’s inauguration. Sieg’s lawyer, in a written statement, pushed back strongly on the report and the allegations contained in it.