The lead Washington, D.C. attorney representing The Walt Disney Co. and its ABC Owned Television Stations at the heart of an unprecedented early license renewal process over what the FCC calls claims of “invidious” forms of diversity, equity and inclusion discrimination has told Judge Loren AliKhan that the Commission’s “excuses” for not using a less intrusive tool than a potential license revocation to address a supposed discovery deficiency in the probe “only underscore their retaliatory motive.”
