It's not obstruction because of federal supremacy; given the normal level of voluntary cooperation, it's bizarre that there is no cooperation, and suggests that the fraud is not just an outside fraud on the FCC but a fraud by the FCC (whether originally or merely one convenient to and retrospectively ratified by the agency.) But there is little a state AG can do in that case except publicize the issue.

Well, relating to the identity misappropriation itself. Should there be litigation over the final regulation (as is near certain) and should the content of public comment and the FCC’s handling of it be an issue (as is also near certain), then things become a lot more interesting.

> If Ajit Pai continues to obstruct investigations, I would consider it obstruction of justice. That's something that an Attorney General should seriously consider in the current light.

My recurring thought as I read the fine article: "you're an attorney general, a lawyer who has asked politely, multiple times and been ignored; why TF haven't you filed for a subpoena yet?"

A state AG has no authority to investigate a federal official for his official actions. The federal government is the superior sovereign and has the sole power to police itself. This is nothing but political grandstanding by Schneidermann.