Disney under Josh D’Amaro is pushing back strongly against Donald Trump’s Federal Communications Commission.
Disney-owned ABC sued the FCC on Tuesday morning, alleging that the government agency is violating the First Amendment and trying to influence editorial content it deems unfriendly to the president.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr initiated a review of ABC’s broadcast licenses in late April, shortly after Trump said that ABC should fire comedian Jimmy Kimmel for a joke about Melania Trump.
This move was a “blatant retaliation,” ABC alleged in its legal filing. The company wants a judge to grant a temporary restraining order and a preliminary…
