Adam Schiff is looking for Brendan Carr’s answers to Kimmel threats

Jimmy Kimmel is back on the antenna, but the congress has not finished wondering if his program was suspended due to the illegal pressure of the Federal Commission Commission.

On Wednesday, Senator Adam Schiff and eight other senators sent a letter to the president of the FCC, Brendan Carr, asking a series of questions on the episode.

They argued that Carr’s actions, as well as President Trump’s lawsuits against media organizations and funding for public dissemination, “represent the most blatant and most coordinated attack on the free press in American history”.

“The FCC regulatory authority on dissemination licenses has never been intended to serve as a weapon to silence criticism or punish satirical comments,” wrote Schiff and other senators. “The mission of your agency is to serve the interest of the public, not to act as an application of political punishments against the media which deploy those which are in power.”

Kimmel sparked a conservative counterpoup on September 15 when he said that the “Gang Maga” was looking to distancate himself from Charlie Kirk’s killer for political purposes. ABC, belonging to Disney, suspended “Jimmy Kimmel Live” two days later, after Carr threatened to take measures against local affiliates about the remark, which he called “really sick”.

Carr has since minimized its role in the suspension of Kimmel, saying that he had never threatened to draw licenses and that Nexstar and Sinclair – two major ABC station groups – have decided to pre -empt the show of their own will.

A distinct group of senators, led by senator Elizabeth Warren, sent a letter to the CEO of Nexstar and Sinclair on Tuesday asking them to explain their actions, and in particular if Nexstar’s decision had something to do with his in progress with TEGNA, for which he needs FCC approval.

Schiff’s letter asks Carr to disclose any communication between FCC and ABC, Disney or its affiliates, on the Kimmel Show, as well as any communication with the White House.

“What specific statutory authority, if necessary, believe that the FCC to revoke the license of a diffuser or to impose fines on the basis of satirical or critical content?” The letter requires.

Carr noted that local stations had to maintain “public interest” and applauded Nexstar and Sinclair for predetermiah the emissions.

Car could explode the questions. Another Democratic senator, Ben Ray Luján last week called the Republican President of the Commercial Committee, Ted Cruz, to call Carr for interrogation on the issue.

Only among the Republicans, Cruz criticized the management by Carr of the issue, saying that it “will end up for the conservatives” if the government begins to threaten the speech.