WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Democratic leaders in

the U.S. House on Thursday called on the chair of the Federal

Communications Commission to resign after he pressured Walt

Disney ( DIS ) and ABC affiliates to stop airing "Jimmy Kimmel

Live" after the late-night show host made comments about Charlie

Kirk's assassination.

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and other leaders said

Carr has "disgraced the office he holds by bullying ABC, the

employer of Jimmy Kimmel, and forcing the company to bend the

knee to the Trump administration." In March, congressional

Democrats sought documents from Carr as part of a probe into

what they called "sham" investigations into media outlets

including CBS, NBC and ABC to try to intimidate the news media.

(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama )