WASHINGTON, — Congressional leaders are demanding the resignation of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr after he pressured Walt Disney and ABC affiliates to stop airing Jimmy Kimmel Live following comments the late-night host made about Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
House leaders, including Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, said Carr had “disgraced the office he holds by bullying ABC, the employer of Jimmy Kimmel, and forcing the company to bend the knee to the Trump administration.”

The controversy follows earlier efforts in March, when lawmakers sought documents from Carr as part of a probe into what they called “sham” investigations targeting media outlets including CBS, NBC, and ABC. Critics said the goal was to intimidate news organizations.