The AP, Reuters and AFP all declined comment on Friday.
The VOA's move comes amid tense relations between the press and White House. The Associated Press has sued after the White House banned its reporters from press pools, the Pentagon has removed several reporters from longtime perches, and news organizations have been targeted by lawsuits and FCC investigations.
In another social media post, Lake said that she is in a fact-finding mode and “boy, am I finding a lot of nonsense that the American taxpayer should not be paying for.”