Trump threatens to report journalist Kristen Welker to broadcast regulator

The Federal Communications Commission under Trump has tried to target news outlets for spreading ‘fake’ news.Published On 30 Aug 202630 Aug 2026United States President Donald Trump says he will report a prominent NBC television journalist to the federal agency in charge of regulating broadcast news outlets for “rebuke or punishment”.In a post on Truth Social on Sunday, Trump took issue with Kristen Welker’s characterisation of his endorsements of electoral candidates as having “mixed results” in the primaries leading up to November’s elections.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Disney sues US regulator, claiming political retaliation over ABC stationslist 2 of 3Federal judge dismisses Trump’s $15bn defamation lawsuit against NYTlist 3 of 3Fired Stars and Stripes journalists sue Trump administration for censorshipend of list“How can anyone be allowed to say this, working for freely given public airwaves?” Trump wrote. He also posted, without any attribution of where he got the data, a chart showing 98 percent of the candidates he endorsed had won their elections.“Because of this purposeful inaccuracy, she will be reported to the FCC,” the Federal Communications Commission...