WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - The Federal

Communications Commission said Thursday it is rejecting

complaints over an ABC-moderated September presidential debate

and Vice President Kamala Harris' appearances on CBS' "60

Minutes" and NBC's "Saturday Night Live."

Outgoing FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel also told Reuters the

agency was rejecting a petition not to renew the license of a

Philadelphia FOX station because the station's owner Fox also

owns Fox News, which was settled a lawsuit with Dominion Voting

Systems over statements around the 2020 presidential election.

The announcement comes as President-elect Donald Trump has

filed lawsuits against Paramount-owned CBS and in

September called on the FCC to cancel licenses for Walt

Disney ( DIS )-owned ABC over the network's moderating of the

Sept. 10 presidential debate.

"The FCC should not be the president's speech police,"

Rosenworcel said, saying the agency was rejecting complaints

that "seek to weaponize the licensing authority of the FCC in a

way that is fundamentally at odds with the First Amendment. To

do so would set a dangerous precedent. That is why we reject it

here."