President Trump has moved to exert more executive control over so-called independent agencies. Among them, the Federal Communications Commission. Congress created the FCC in the 1930s. Its five commissioners come from both parties, three to two in favor of whomever is president. For analysis of what Trump's plan may mean, we turn to a lawyer specializing in communication law and privacy, John Seiver.

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