Rep Chaffetz (R-UT) wants unredacted emails from FCC

House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) fired off his third letter in February in his probe into whether the White House had an improper role in the Federal Communications Commission's development of network neutrality rules. Chairman Chaffetz requested a set of unredacted emails that date back to April 2014, shorty before FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler unveiled his initial draft net neutrality plan.

The heavily redacted April emails show an unnamed official alerting the White House about an upcoming New York Times article. John Podesta, an adviser to President Barack Obama at the time, described it as a “brutal story” and asked if someone planned to respond on the record. The Times article reference an increased lobbying push by advocates who were disappointed that Chairman Wheeler’s plan was not stronger. Chairman Chaffetz wants a copy of the unredacted emails by Feb 23.