House Panel Rejects Bid to Subpoena FCC Chair Over Jimmy Kimmel’s Suspension

The House Oversight Committee rejected a motion on Sept. 18 to subpoena Brendan Carr, head of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), after he criticized Jimmy Kimmel’s remarks on conservative influencer Charlie Kirk’s suspected assassin. Kimmel’s late-night comedy show “Jimmy Kimmel Live” was suspended indefinitely on Sept. 17, following remarks he made about Tyler Robinson, suspected of assassinating Kirk in Utah on Sept. 10. Some Democratic lawmakers said Carr’s statements on Kimmel appeared to pressure networks to remove the show host from the airwaves. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) brought the subpoena motion during a Sept. 18 hearing that was supposed to focus on crime in the District of Columbia, but repeatedly deviated into other subject areas....