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.

The decision has sparked an outcry from free speech advocates, Hollywood unions and the Democrats, who accused Carr of a “corrupt abuse of power” by coercing ABC to appease Trump. The president’s distaste for Kimmel and other late-night

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