‘Rebuke or punishment’: Trump threatens to report Kristen Welker to FCC

Press can be criticized, but the president cannot use the power of the federal government as a threat against a journalist because the coverage is unfavorable.

Writing on X on Sunday, Anna Gomez, a Democrat on the Federal Communications Commission, said the FCC "has no authority to punish journalists this administration doesn’t like."

Donald Trump Says He’ll Report NBC News’ Kristen Welker To FCC  Forbes

Trump says NBC journalist should face 'punishment' from broadcast regulator  Dawn

The Federal Communications Commission under Trump has tried to target news outlets for spreading 'fake' news.

Trump’s threat comes after host described success record of candidates whom president had endorsed as ‘mixed’ Donald Trump ⁠on Sunday said NBC’s Kristen ‌Welker – host of Meet the Press – should face “rebuke or punishment” from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Preceding Trump’s comments was a live shot by W

Trump calls for NBC’s Kristen Welker to face ‘rebuke or punishment’ from the FCC  CNN

President previously directed the regulator to go after ABC, which the company claims forced it to make programming changes

Donald Trump went off on NBC News’ Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker on Sunday, vowing to report her to the FCC for “rebuke or punishment,” even as the agency is defending itself in a lawsuit brought by ABC alleging regulatory retaliation. The issue: A comment Welker made about the president’s endorsement record.

President Donald Trump announced that he was reporting NBC News’s Kristen Welker to the Federal Communications Commission for “rebuke and punishment” over comments she made about his endorsement record. In a Sunday post on Truth Social, Trump voiced his outrage over comments Welker made minutes before, when she said Tr

WASHINGTON — President Trump raged at "Meet the Press" anchor Kristen Welker Sunday for casting aspersions on his endorsement record — saying she should be reprimanded by the FCC.