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Sohn’s Recusal Deal Gets Tepid Response From Hill Critics

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By Kelcee Griffis (January 28, 2022, 7:00 PM EST) — A recusal agreement brokered with the Federal Communications Commission ethics office might not be enough to save Gigi Sohn’s beleaguered nomination to become the agency’s third commissioner, judging by the reaction from some of her critics.

Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., said in a statement to Law360 on Friday that the Democratic media expert’s commitments to abstain from proceedings that deal with broadcast retransmission and program copyright do not resolve major GOP concerns with her nomination. Rather, Wicker said, it shows that she would lack flexibility to dig into any matter that’s thrown her way at the FCC. These remaining issues mean…

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