Federal Communications Commission chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has dismissed four complaints against local TV stations that "seek to weaponize" the agency and are "at odds" with the First Amendment.

Departing chairwoman of the FCC, Jessica Rosenworcel, warned of efforts to tie the broadcast station license renewals to news content.

In one of her final acts as head of the FCC, chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel ordered the agency to reject four complaints and petitions against local TV stations — which she says represent politically motivated efforts “to curtail freedom of the press and undermine the First Amendment.