Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr said he is launching investigations into both PBS and NPR, in the hopes of helping Congress defund the public broadcasters. His basis for the investigation stems from what he alleges are potentially unlawful commercials.

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr claims the public broadcasting stations could be violating federal law. Federal Communications Chair Brendan Carr has ordered investigations into NPR and PBS with the goal of slashing the money given to the government-funded organizations, The New York Times reports.

Brendan Carr, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the agency ... “It is important to me, as Chairman of the FCC, that noncommercial educational broadcast stations stay true to their important missions and refrain from operating as noncommercial ...