A favorable presidential tweet and a court win on a crucial FCC regulatory loophole may have buoyed Sinclair Broadcast Group as the conservative broadcaster faces the daunting prospect of a lengthy administrative hearing over its Tribune merger. But the “lack of candor” the FCC flagged when it sent the deal for review could dog the company beyond the transaction (Sinclair didn’t offer complete information about its ties to entities picking up stations it planned to spin off in connection with the deal, the agency contends). At a House FCC oversight hearing Wednesday, Democratic Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel told lawmakers, “We have raised issues about the candor of this company before the FCC and misrepresentations they made in the context of this transaction. I think those are serious issues of character qualification. … To the extent they have been identified as a problem here, we should be open to investigation in other contexts as well.”More at Politico