A reporter was “manhandled” by security guards on Thursday at the Federal Communications Commission headquarters after he attempted to ask the agency commissioners questions, according to the National Press Club.

John Donnelly of CQ Roll Call, who is chairman of the press club’s Press Freedom Team, says he “ran afoul of plainclothes security personnel” at the FCC after he tried to ask commissioners questions. The commissioners were not standing in front of the podium at a scheduled press conference when he asked the questions.