FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has launched an investigation of Comcast’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, claiming that the programs may violate equal employment opportunity laws. A Comcast spokesperson said,

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is concerned that diversity, equity and inclusion programs at Comcast and NBCUniversal fostered discrimination, which is forbidden under FCC rules and federal laws.

Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr told NBC News-parent Comcast it is opening a probe into the company's promotion of diversity, equity and inclusion programs, according to a letter seen by Reuters.

The media conglomerate acknowledged that it received a letter from Federal Communications Chair Brendan Carr. The Trump administration’s campaign against diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the media and entertainment sector has turned its attention on Comcast.

FCC Chair Brendan Carr says the investigation will help “root out invidious forms of discrimination.”

The federal inquiry into Comcast comes weeks after FCC Chair Brendan Carr said he would end the regulatory agency's promotion of DEI.