President Joe Biden’s nominee for the empty seat on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), who is supported by a group that claims police are “agents of white supremacy,” is up for a nomination hearing this week after she failed to earn enough votes in the last Congress.
Gigi Sohn, who was first nominated in 2022 to be a commissioner on the FCC, will get a new hearing this week in the Senate’s Commerce, Science and Transportation. Her nomination stalled out in the last Congress but is more likely this time around to earn the votes to proceed to a final vote in the chamber because Democrats have a majority.
The FCC works in tandem with law enforcement in a number of ways, by establishing and enforcing rules that enable law enforcement to conduct surveillance of internet and telephone networks when necessary, and rules for the delivery of emergency alerts over communications networks. The FCC also secures and protects communications networks from national security…
