A federal judge in Washington blocked the Trump administration from firing Michael Abramowitz as Voice of America’s director Thursday, weeks after Kari Lake first attempted to remove him from the post.

Abramowitz, a former Washington Post reporter who has led the U.S. government-funded broadcasting organization since last year, maintained that only a Senate-confirmed advisory board had authority to remove him as VOA director. But President Donald Trump removed all members of the board in January.

U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth, an appointee of President Ronald Reagan, agreed with Abramowtiz on Thursday, having heard arguments in a hearing Monday. He ruled that without a majority vote from the Senate-confirmed board, Lake did not have the authority to remove Abramowitz.

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