Top Dem HUMILIATES Trump's FCC Chair

Trump is not your boss. So the American people are your boss.

And this incident with Kimmel wasn't an isolated event. You've launched investigations into every major broadcast network except Fox. Is that correct?

I don't know if that's true or not. We do have investigations going on NPR and PBS. We have a number of investigations that are ongoing.

If you don't think that the FCC is independent, then is President Trump your boss

President Trump has designated me as chairman of the FCC I think it comes as no surprise that I'm aligned with President Trump on policy I think that's why he designated me as chairman, but ultimately you consider him your boss ultimately the What president of designated me as chairman? I can be fired by the president the president is the head of the executive branch the decisions of the commission he's your boss look the decisions of the Commission are gonna be based on a vote of the three of us

right here so there are some things that are different about that and our decisions are based on the facts in the law when the record you swore an oath

when you came into your job right does the oath have the word president in it

senator again I'm not tracking this this line what I'm saying is every decision you remember the oath that you took? Yeah. You swear an oath to protect what? Sir every single decision What is it that you're protecting? In this job we're based on the facts of the law and the record. I'm just trying to get a sense of how you're trying to operate here so I guess I just like to be a little bit more direct here. Have you ever had a conversation with the president or senior administration officials about using the FCC to go after critics?

Well first of all, Senator, I don't get into the specifics of conversations that I have with the president. Okay, well let me reframe it then. Would it be appropriate for the president or senior administration officials to give you direction to pressure media companies? Look sir, I'm not gonna get into hypotheticals. What I can tell you is that the decision by the commission... The easy answer is no. It's not a hypothetical. It's literally just trying to determine whether or not you are understanding your job being belonging

determine whether or not you are understanding your job being belonging to the American people. Trump is not your boss. The American people are your boss.