A small conservative legal group used direct access to the Federal Communications Commission chairman’s office last September to accelerate a complaint targeting Jimmy Kimmel and his employer, ABC, according to internal emails obtained by WIRED. The emails show the group routed its filing to Chairman Brendan Carr’s senior counsel, sidestepping career staff who typically review such complaints. The correspondence offers a detailed look at how the Center for American Rights (CAR), whose filings often echo criticisms of the press by President Donald Trump , supplied legal arguments used in challenges against broadcast networks. Kimmel was briefly suspended in September following threats from the FCC, drawing condemnation from press freedom advocates and First Amendment scholars. The backlash against Kimmel and ABC followed comments Carr made on a conservative podcast about a Kimmel monologue discussing the killing of Charlie Kirk .…