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It's fairly obvious that Ajit Pai knew exactly what was happening, and he acted in bad faith by letting it happen. My bet is that he signed off on things that
by timdellinger 8y ago
It's fairly obvious that Ajit Pai knew exactly what was happening, and he acted in bad faith by letting it happen.
My bet is that he signed off on things that he knew to be false, and that he exhibited willful negligence. In the process, he has likely acted unlawfully. His ultimate conviction might be fraud... hard to tell at this point until the FBI digs through everything.
- elliekelly 8y agoHe didn't just let it happen, he actively concealed it when he lied to Congress about it. At the very least he's an accessory after the fact under the government's favorite prosecution crutch: the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
- ikeboy 8y agoWhat lie are you referring to?
- elliekelly 8y agohttps://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8xbezb/lawmakers-want-to-know-why-ajit-pai-made-up-ddos-attack-lied-to-congress https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8xbezb/lawmakers-...
- ikeboy 8y agoThat makes it quite clear he wasn't the source of the lies in question. I don't see any credible allegation that he lied here. Here's another article which states explicitly >Although the OIG report doesn't suggest that Pai deliberately misled Congress, it doesn't let FCC management off the hook entirely. Believing your chief information officer and relaying the information they give until you become aware that it was false doesn't mean you lied. https://www.wired.com/story/fcc-net-neutrality-investigation/ https://www.wired.com/story/fcc-net-neutrality-investigation...