Jane Fonda's Committee for the First Amendment has rallied to defend Jimmy Kimmel after President Donald Trump urged ABC to fire the late-night host over a satirical joke about first lady Melania Trump. The group's Monday statement described the move as part of an authoritarian playbook to pressure media and chip away at free speech rights.
It called on ABC to resist such demands and not obey in advance. The intervention has drawn widespread attention as a key moment in ongoing free speech debates.
