ABC Files First Amendment Lawsuit Against FCC, Claiming Trump Administration “Retaliatory Campaign” Against Its Free Speech

Disney has sued the Trump administration's media regulator over what the entertainment giant described as an "extraordinary assault on free speech".

The ABC Network has sued the Federal Communications Commission, alleging that the Trump administration is violating its First Amendment rights by challenging ABC broadcast licenses and investigating the network's talk show "The View."

FCC demands "total capitulation" in Trump censorship campaign, Disney suit says.

Disney's ABC has sued the FCC claiming its investigation and early broadcast licenses renewal are a "retaliatory campaign" due to its programming.

The network accuses the administration of retaliating against ABC because it "disapproves of what ABC broadcasts".

ABC filed an unprecedented lawsuit against the FCC on Tuesday, claiming that its investigations and regulatory actions are part of a Trump administration “retaliatory campaign” to curb the network’s free speech. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., also seeks…