The FCC is denying FOIA requests for information pertinent to the fake comments that pretended to come from individuals in favor of ending network neutrality.

Ajit Pai pretends those comments were bona fide. One must suspect that he wants congresscritters to find it easy to pretend to believe this. That suggests he has a certain amount of power to get Republicans to pretend to believe lies, but feels he had better not push it too far.