FCC Chair Brendan Carr addressed the dispute involving Stephen Colbert and Senate candidate James Talarico. He rejected claims of censorship and called the incident a “hoax” amid mounting public scrutiny.

FCC chairman Brendan Carr confirmed Wednesday that the commission has started enforcement proceedings of what he asserted were violations of the equal time rule involving political candidates by ABC’s daytime mainstay “The View.

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said that the agency “has an enforcement action underway” on ABC’s The View after the show featured James Talarico, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, as a guest.