Trump administration targets critics and pushes agenda after attack and Kimmel joke
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Updated · The Guardian · May 2
Trump administration targets critics and pushes agenda after attack and Kimmel joke
6 articles · Updated · The Guardian · May 2
Within 72 hours of an attempted White House assassination, the Justice Department cited security to press for a new ballroom and indicted former FBI director James Comey in North Carolina.
The FCC also accelerated review of eight ABC local licences after Melania Trump condemned Jimmy Kimmel's "expectant widow" joke, though chair Brendan Carr denied any link.
Civil liberties and press freedom groups said the moves weaponised federal power against protected speech, echoing the administration's response after Charlie Kirk's killing last year.
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