Trump Appoints FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr as Agency Chair

The president-elect describes Carr as a great supporter of free speech.

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr in Washington on March 11, 2024. Jack Hsu/The Epoch Times

President-elect Donald Trump on the night of Nov. 17 made another appointment for his incoming administration, this time naming Brendan Carr, a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) commissioner, as the agency’s chair.

As one of the agency’s five Senate-confirmed commissioners who serve staggered five-year terms, Carr is currently the senior Republican at the FCC.