https://www.cnet.com/news/fcc-chairman-wont-investigate-sinclair/

WFederal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai speaks to members of the media after a commission meeting. 

In a letter written to Senator Maria Cantwell, a Democrat from Indiana, Pai declined a request from a dozen lawmakers, including 11 Democrats and Independent Bernie Sanders of Vermont to investigate Sinclair's broadcast license after the company had anchors of its news stations across the U.S. read a script warning viewers of "fake news."  Pai also declined to pause review of Sinclair's proposed $3.9 billion merger with Tribune Media.