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Brendan Carr

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Relationship to Trumpdesignated FCC chairmanpolitical / 2 sources

The FCC chair Donald Trump designated in January 2025; Carr voted for the Paramount-Skydance license transfers and has accepted CBS- or Paramount-funded Kennedy Center gala tickets.

FCC chair designated by Trump; in office as of July 15, 2026office / 2025-01-20–2026-07-15

Exact relationships

  1. Trump-designated chair voting for transferlegalpoliticaldocumented · 1 file · 3 source references
  2. appointee accepted gifts from regulated broadcasterbusinesslegalpersonalpoliticalreported · 1 file · 2 source references

Money, power & fallout

  1. Trump designated Brendan Carr to chair the FCCFCC chair in office as of July 15, 2026designated FCC chairman · documented · 2 sources
  2. FCC granted the Paramount broadcast-license control transfersTransfer applications granted; transaction later closedTrump-designated chair voting for transfer · documented · 3 sources
  3. Carr accepted more than $63,000 in CBS- or Paramount-funded gala ticketsFCC said attendance was cleared; four ethics experts urged Carr to avoid the next Paramount decisionappointee accepted gifts from regulated broadcaster · reported · 2 sources
    1. otherCarr's disclosed CBS/Paramount ticket giftsmore than $63,000
      Provided by
      CBS or its parent company, Paramount
      Accepted by / recipient
      Brendan Carr
      realized · 2024-12-31 · observedPopulation Kennedy Center gala tickets CBS or its parent company provided to Brendan Carr across at least seven disclosed acceptances after his 2017 FCC appointmentPeriod 2017-01-01 to 2024-12-31Basis Lower bound from ProPublica's review of Carr's public financial disclosures; CBS or Paramount was the reported donor and Carr the recipient.Limits The numeric value is a floor. It excludes Carr's December 2025 skybox attendance because the corresponding disclosure was not public.Open cited evidence
Source: Federal Communications Commission · Rights/use: Public domain under 17 U.S.C. § 105 as a United States federal government work · Modified: cropped and resized