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turbinetree

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Sat May 20, 2017, 10:19 AM May 2017

Senators Query FCC Over Manhandling of Reporter After Meeting

A group of senators have fired off a letter to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, asking him for answers as to why a reporter was manhandled by a security guard as he tried to ask a question following a meeting on Thursday.

John M. Donnelly, a reporter for CQ Roll Call, said that he was shoved against a wall by two security guards after he tried to ask questions to an FCC commissioner.

“When Donnelly strolled in an unthreatening way toward FCC commissioner Michael O’Rielly to pose a question, two guards pinned Donnelly against the wall with the backs of their bodies until O’Rielly had passed,” according to a release sent out by the National Press Club. According to Donnelly, he was then asked to leave the building.

http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/fcc-reporter-manhandled-after-net-neutrality-vote-1202438008/

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Senators Query FCC Over Manhandling of Reporter After Meeting (Original Post) turbinetree May 2017 OP
Ajit Pai is a thug himself dalton99a May 2017 #1
Yepper, spot on turbinetree May 2017 #2
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