"While the FCC is an independent agency overseen by Congress, Trump has intimated he wants greater control over the regulator to use them to punish TV networks that he claims cover him unfairly."
Quote from a Lightwave news article. Lightwave is a magazine/site for optical and other broadband communication (I'm a long time reader).
https://www.lightwaveonline.com/home/article/55243597/trump-taps-brendan-carr-as-next-fcc-chair