Tuesday, a Congressional report that followed a year-long investigation of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Kevin J. Martin was issued, reading that the chair had abused power.

Nevertheless, the document did not clearly state whether Martin had broken any laws and rules during the time he served as the United States’ top telecommunications regulator.

The report, released under the title „Deception and Distrust,” was drawn up by John D. Dingell, Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Bart Stupak, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

The two Congressional representatives claimed that Kevin Martin had suppressed information and manipulated data in order to follow his own interests and agenda, adding that Commission business had been affected by the chairman’s actions.

Martin came into much criticism from FCC members for having put forward proposals to render both media ownership rules and cable television requirements more lenient, as well as for having banned agency studies that failed to meet the goals he aimed to achieve.

FCC spokesman Robert Kenny revealed that the Commission’s review of the report had concluded that the document did not show that Chairman Kevin J. Martin had violated any rules, laws or procedures. Moreover, he stated that Martin had followed the exact same procedures that had been followed for the previous 20 years within the FCC.

Currently, the Commission regulates the communications industry where fees charged by telephone companies like AT&T and Verizon Communications are concerned and ownership rules for media companies like News Corp.