“Under the law, the FCC does not have the authority to revoke a license of a broadcast station based on the content of a particular newscast,” then-agency Chair Ajit Pai said in 2017, after Trump suggested challenging NBC’s license over a report regarding the President’s relationship with his national security advisers.

President Donald Trump slammed NBC and ABC for unfair coverage of conservatives and questioned why they aren’t paying “millions of dollars” in licensing fees. Trump has a history of distrust in the media,

Trump blasted ABC and NBC as biased “fake news,” calling for FCC action and license revocation, in a series of recent posts online.