ABC Argues Trump's FCC Probe of 'The View' Threatens to 'Chill Critical Protected Speech'

ABC filed a Petition for Declaratory Ruling to the FCC on Friday following the commission's announcement that it will be investigating "The View" for violating the organization's "equal time" rule, a federal regulation that requires radio and TV stations to give equal time to all qualified political candidates. "The Commission's actions threaten to upend decades of settled law and practice and chill critical protected speech, both with respect to 'The View' and more broadly," ABC wrote in the filing. The filing went on to note that "The View" has been broadcasting . . .