Eric Trump Backs FCC Probe Into ABC News Over Botched Trump Family Story Eric Trump and Sen. Bernie Moreno are calling for an FCC investigation into ABC News after it deleted and revised a story about Trump family investments tied to Anduril Industries. Eric Trump has thrown his support behind calls for the Federal Communications Commission to investigate ABC News over a botched story about his family's business dealings with defense contractor Anduril Industries. The controversy centers on an ABC News report published last Wednesday with the headline Trump sons' investments have won billions in Pentagon contracts since his election. The story was initially deleted without explanation and then republished with a correction. Eric Trump blasted the network in a post, saying: You can't publish a bulls**t hit-piece, let it spread and go viral, then delete it 24 hours later, under the cover of darkness with no explanation or apology. Who approved it?Senator Urges FCC InvestigationHas the author been fired? @ABC owes us answers. Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, sent a letter to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr urging the commission to open a formal investigation into what he called ABC News's political hit job.Thus, I urge the Commission to open a formal investigation into ABC News's political hit job, Moreno said. We must know who signed off on the publication of this false story, who may have asked to profit from the attack, and whether ABC News's conduct violated its obligations as a licensee. ABC News is facing intense backlash for the botched story that falsely implicated Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump in a Pentagon-linked transaction.The original article claimed companies connected to the president's sons had secured billions in government contracts, including through venture capital firm 1789 Capital. Moreno specifically challenged the original report's characterization of Anduril's financing, arguing the network misrepresented the company's investment activity and unfairly associated the Trump family with federal contracting decisions. The dispute focused on ABC News' original claim that 1789 Capital, where Trump Jr. serves as a partner, acquired a major stake in Anduril through a $2.5 billion investment.ABC News Republishes Revised StoryThe figure instead represented Anduril's broader fundraising round, while 1789 Capital's investment was approximately $50 million. ABC News republished a substantially revised article on Friday, acknowledging errors involving investments, government contracts and the chronology of events. The updated version also clarified that Trump Jr. does not serve on the firm's investment decision-making committee. The new headline reads New shipyard announced amid earlier Democratic concerns about potential conflicts of interest, though the original reporter's byline was replaced with ABC News.A 1789 source told Fox News Digital that an ABC News journalist involved with the story defended it over the phone before the story itself was deleted. Semafor similarly reported Sunday that editors initially stood by the published story, according to emails between ABC News investigative reporter Nathan Lee, who authored the original story, and an Anduril spokesperson. That would contradict the network's notion to other media reporters that the story was published prematurely.Editorial Process Faces ScrutinyThe unfolding situation has drawn fresh scrutiny to ABC News and its editorial process. Joseph A. Wulfsohn is a media reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to [email protected] and on Twitter: @JosephWulfsohn.