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Robert De Niro jokingly prods Jimmy Kimmel with a baseball bat while posing as FCC chair, threatens host

Robert De Niro posed as FCC Chair Brendan Carr on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" in Brooklyn, jokingly slapping the host as tensions with the FCC continue.

Curated by Brimstone Editorial Desk · Source: Fox News ·
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Brimstone Report is tracking this as a curated politics brief. The source report from Fox News says: Robert De Niro posed as FCC Chair Brendan Carr on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" in Brooklyn, jokingly slapping the host as tensions with the FCC continue.

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  • Primary source: Fox News
  • Published: Oct 1, 2026, 5:31 PM UTC
  • Coverage area: Politics
  • Brimstone role: curated summary, explanation, and source attribution
  • Topic signals: developing story metadata

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  1. Source published: Oct 1, 2026, 5:31 PM UTC
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