The Republican-led Senate confirmed Mr. Pack this month in a party-line vote, despite the recent disclosure of legal problems surrounding him. Last month, the attorney general for the District of Columbia said his office was investigating whether Mr. Pack had illegally enriched himself by sending $1.6 million from the Public Media Lab, a nonprofit group he oversees, to his for-profit film production company.
The organizational heads dismissed Wednesday night were Bay Fang of Radio Free Asia; Jamie Fly of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; Alberto M. Fernandez of Middle East Broadcasting Networks; Emilio Vazquez of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting; and Libby Liu of the Open Technology Fund.
Ms. Fang is expected to remain as executive editor at Radio Free Asia for now because of a condition set by the previous corporate board when she was appointed the agency’s president in November. Mr. Vazquez, who had been an interim director, will also stay at his organization, according to one person. Both could be fired later by new permanent chiefs of the organizations whom Mr. Pack would appoint.
Mr. Fernandez, a former ambassador, wrote on Twitter late Wednesday that he was proud of his work at Middle East Broadcasting Networks.
“I accomplished ALMOST everything I wanted and you can’t say that too often in life,” he added.
Mr. Fly is a well-known foreign policy official who was a longtime adviser to Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida.
Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/17/us/politics/michael-pack-media-agency.html
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