Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr told a Senate committee on Wednesday that his agency is “not formally ... independent.”
Shortly after Carr made that statement, the FCC apparently removed the word “independent” in a description of the agency’s work on its website.
Carr’s appearance before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee was his first since making controversial remarks in September that led ABC to briefly suspend Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show.
Carr, a Trump appointee, made headlines in September over his response to comments Kimmel made following the killing of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk. Carr responded with a threat aimed at Disney
, which owns ABC.
