FCC chair to testify before Senate panel after blowback over Jimmy Kimmel suspension

Chairman of the Federal Commission on Communications Brendan Carrwho caused sharp criticism from both sides of the passage from the threats associated with Show Jimmy KimmelThe NBC News reported in the commerce committee in the Senate, a representative of the committee.

The group that has jurisdiction over the FCC is prescribed by Senator Ted Cruz from Texas, one of the first Republicans of Congress Press the actions of CarraThe field was not installed on the hearing.

Traffic lights For the first time reported Carr agrees to testify.

The representative of the FCC did not immediately respond to a request about comments on Wednesday evening at the upcoming hearing.

Cruise beat Carra after he made potential regulatory actions against ABC and her maternal company Disney, ahead of what was a weekly suspension of the late night show of Kimmel on the air, which he did about the murder of a conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

“I think that for the government it is incredibly dangerous to put ourselves to say that we are going to decide what we like we like and what we do not, and we are going to threaten to get you air if we don’t like what you say,” Cruz said on his podcast last month, ”the verdict with Ted Cruise,” after the Kimmel show was vaguely. The show was restored after almost a week.

“I must say, this is directly from the Gudfell. This is directly from the mafioso entering the bar going with the “good bar that you have, it would be a shame if anything happened to this,” he added.

President Donald Trump repeatedly praised Carra for his actions, led to the removal of Kimmel, informing reporters last month that Carr must withdraw Broadcasters for adverse coating.

In a letter last month, Senator Maria Kovestvell, D-Wash., Cruz called on to conduct a hearing over the supervision and “Chairman of the demand of Carra for this unprecedented attack on the first amendment.” To the question of NBC News at that time was a hearing with Carr, Cruz said: “We will probably be supervised by all agencies in the jurisdiction of the committee.”