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Eric Boehm

Trump Administration's Review of ABC's Broadcast Licenses Looks Like 'Illegal Jawboning'

When he returned to the White House in January 2025, one of the first things President Donald Trump did was sign an executive order aimed at "restoring freedom of speech."

Among other things, that order prohibited any federal "officer, employee, or agent" from engaging in "any conduct that would unconstitutionally abridge the free speech of any American citizen."

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