Washington: US President Donald Trump suggested TV networks could lose their broadcasting licences over criticism of him on late-night talk shows, as Democrats announced an investigation into the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel and demanded Trump’s hand-picked broadcasting regulator resign.

Television network ABC announced it was taking Kimmel off the air indefinitely amid backlash from local stations, and pressure from Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr, over comments the comedian made about the assassination of conservative Charlie Kirk.

Donald Trump on Jimmy Kimmel’s ABC show in 2015 while he was running to be the Republican candidate for president. Credit: AP

The decision has sparked an outcry from free speech advocates, Hollywood unions and the Democrats, who ac

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