Trump’s FCC nominee avoids questions from Democrats on Carr’s ‘censorship agenda’

Senators pressured Danielle Thumann, senior counsel to FCC chair Brendan Carr, to speak about agency’s actions toward ABC and Jimmy Kimmel During a contentious Tuesday hearing on her nomination by Donald Trump to serve as a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) commissioner, Senate Democrats hammered Danielle Thumann about recent actions taken by the Brendan Carr-led regulator that have been criticized as hostile to press freedom. Thumann, who serves as senior counsel to Carr, is expected to b