John Curtis ‘open-minded’ as swing vote for Kari Lake ambassador nomination

Published June 2, 2026 4:02pm ET | Updated June 2, 2026 5:00pm ET



Sen. John Curtis (R-UT) says he is going into a Wednesday meeting with Kari Lake with an “open mind” as he weighs whether to sink her nomination as ambassador to Jamaica.

Curtis has previously expressed reservations about Lake, a GOP firebrand who embraced President Donald Trump’s stolen election claims as a candidate for governor and then Senate in Arizona. She later led a crusade to shutter the Voice of America, a government-funded broadcaster, before a federal judge ruled that the president improperly elevated her as its de facto leader.

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