The Walt Disney Company is escalating a legal challenge after the Federal Communications Commission opens an unprecedented early review of ABC's eight major station licenses, saying the probe is politically motivated under Chairman Brendan Carr and linked to President Donald Trump's criticism.Disney's 109-page filing contends the stations meet renewal standards, highlights more than 152,000 public comments mostly backing ABC, and says the inquiry began with complaints about diversity programs and questions over whether "The View" should keep an exemption from equal-airtime rules.Disney has hired
Paul Clement and
Beth Wilkinson to press First Amendment claims that could reach the US Supreme Court, while Commissioner
Anna M. Gomez calls the probe naked political retribution and some conservative groups seek license revocation.