House Democratic leaders blasted FCC Chairman Brendan Carr for a “corrupt abuse of power” and said that media companies acted in “cowardice” in the decisions that led to Jimmy Kimmel getting pulled from ABC ‘s line up.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries , Minority Whip Katherine Clark, Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar, Caucus Vice Chair Ted Lieu, Assistant Leader Joe Neguse and DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene, in a joint statement on Thursday, also suggested that the companies may have engaged in a “corrupt pay-to-play” scheme.

“Brendan Carr, the so-called Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has engaged in the corrupt abuse of power. He has disgraced the office he holds by bullying ABC, the employer of Jimmy Kimmel, and forcing the company to bend the knee to the Trump admini

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