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The FCC Has a Fast Lane for Complaints About Trump’s Media Critics

Wired · Dell Cameron · last updated

Internal emails obtained by WIRED reveal how a conservative legal group with a direct line into FCC chairman Brendan Carr’s office built the case against Jimmy Kimmel and his employees.

A small conservative legal group used direct access to the Federal Communications Commission chairman’s office last September to accelerate a complaint targeting Jimmy Kimmel and his employer, ABC, according to internal emails obtained by WIRED.

The emails show the group routed its filing to Chairman Brendan Carr’s senior counsel, sidestepping career staff who typically review such complaints.

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