Enforcement Bureau Fighting Request for License Hearing Limits

Arm & Rage's attempt to limit FCC Enforcement Bureau document requests about fraud and tax evasion charges and the broadcaster's related request for an order (see 2205240047) are "based on nothing more than imaginings, assumptions, and conjecture about the Bureau’s intent in building its case moving forward," the bureau said in docket 22-122 Monday. It said Arm & Rage's Joseph Armstrong argued the bureau isn't entitled to discovery on elements of the crime for which he was convicted, but determining whether that conviction makes him and Arm & Rage unqualified to hold an FCC license means deriving into the circumstances of the conviction for submitting a false tax return. Arm & Rage can always challenge specific discovery requests in the future and seek a forced exclusionary ruling then, it said.