Key facts
- Blumenthal is set to take over as chair of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.
- Blumenthal asked Carr for documents on the FCC's handling of investigations into media companies.
- Blumenthal also sought records on the FCC's approval of the Paramount Skydance merger last year.
- Blumenthal said the parties should turn over documents voluntarily or face subpoenas in January.
Senator Richard Blumenthal, the top Democrat on a Senate investigative panel, demanded on November 5, 2026 that the head of the Federal Communications Commission and tech companies that donated to President Donald Trump's ballroom voluntarily turn over documents or face subpoenas in January.
Blumenthal, who is set to take over as chair of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, called on FCC Chair Brendan Carr to turn over documents about his agency's handling of investigations into media companies and its approval of the Paramount Skydance merger last year.
The report did not name the tech companies that donated to the ballroom project or specify which documents Blumenthal is seeking from them.