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

Democratic lawmakers have accused FCC Chairman Brendan Carr of pressuring networks into removing the late-night talk show host.

Federal Communication Commission Chair Brendan Carr testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Communications and Technology Subcommittee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 5, 2019. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

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 the suspect in conservative influencer Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

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.