Overview

• Carr agreed to appear before the Senate Commerce Committee, with the panel confirming his testimony though no date has been set.
• Committee chair Sen. Ted Cruz, who criticized Carr’s remarks as “dangerous as hell,” will lead the oversight session.
• Carr’s podcast comments referencing “the easy way or the hard way” preceded ABC’s brief suspension of Jimmy Kimmel and affiliate preemptions by Nexstar and Sinclair.
• Disney reinstated Kimmel within about a week and the major station groups later resumed carriage, while Carr has denied threatening license revocations.
• Additional scrutiny includes bipartisan letters seeking documents and explanations, and reports indicate FCC commissioners Anna Gomez and Olivia Trusty are expected to appear as well.