Evidence very probably exists to show the faked comments accessed the FCC unpublished API to bypass the web form. I wonder if these server logs still exist...
Scratch the logs, subpoena email records of Pai and direct reports.
It would be interesting to compare the list of names against some of the large recent data leaks as well, to see if it may have been (possibly) an independent actor trying to influence the request.
Also, if half of these are _super_ fake, the server logs should be quite revealing.