By David Shepardson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Democratic member of the Federal Communications Commission said on Thursday that calls by President Donald Trump to urge the agency to rescind licenses held by ABC stations would fail in court.

Trump on Tuesday said broadcasting licenses used by affiliates of Walt Disney’s ABC should be “taken away” after the Republican president objected to a question posed by a reporter for the network. FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez said any effort to revoke licenses over a reporter’s question would not pass legal muster.

“The FCC is powerless to truly retaliate against a news network. National networks do not have broadcast licenses, the stations they own do, but none of these licenses is up for renewal anytime soon,” Gomez said.

Asked how he would respond t

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