“This early renewal proceeding follows a sustained campaign by Chairman Carr and the Trump administration of threatening legal sanctions against licensees whose speech President Trump dislikes,” the filing continued. In April, the FCC issued an order requiring ABC to apply for early renewal of its owned stations . “Just because the FCC issues licenses doesn’t make it the speech police. With this senseless early renewal proceeding, Carr is demonstrating that he has completely lost touch not just with the role of the FCC, but also with his own job description.” “The early review and the allegations are unusual in a typical FCC license review which suggests it is more about a desire to silence speech.”