"In a 6-page Wednesday letter to Nexstar CEO Perry Sook, gay Rep. Robert Garcia of California, the ranking Democrat on the Oversight Committee, and Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost of Florida, the top Democrat on its economic growth subcommittee, accused the company of aiding what they called a campaign of censorship orchestrated by the White House and enforced through the FCC."
""ABC's decision to bring Jimmy Kimmel back on air was a huge win for the First Amendment, but it's clear the Trump Administration is still making threats against the media and attempting to silence voices that disagree with the President," Garcia said. "Nexstar and Sinclair are cooperating with that agenda. We must find out if the Executive Branch is pressuring Nexstar and its affiliates to suppress dissent and target their critics.""
House Democrats intensified a probe into alleged First Amendment violations tied to the Trump administration's pressure on media companies. They targeted Nexstar Media Group for blocking Jimmy Kimmel Live even after ABC restored the show. In a six-page letter to Nexstar CEO Perry Sook, Reps. Robert Garcia and Maxwell Alejandro Frost accused Nexstar of aiding a White House-orchestrated censorship campaign enforced through the FCC. Lawmakers warned that apparent FCC weaponization and Nexstar's programming preemption represent a dangerous escalation in attacks on press freedom and called the political intimidation corrupt and unacceptable. Garcia and Frost urged investigation into executive-branch pressure and commercial incentives driving censorship.
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