Carr’s appointment signals a shift in FCC priorities under Trump’s leadership, with a focus on loosening regulatory constraints, advancing rural broadband access, and reaffirming protections for free speech.
The former Fox News host, who was a Secret Service agent, is said to be on a short list for the role along with Sean Curran, one of the agents who protected Trump at Butler
The complaint also states that “this system will inevitably result in the censorship of wide swaths of valuable political speech and commentary and will limit the type of ‘uninhibited, robust, and wide-open’ ‘debate on public issues’ that core First Amendment protections are designed to ensure.”