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A lawyer representing Dan Snyder told Congress that Washington Commanders owners would not testify at a hearing next week as part of an investigation into the team’s work behavior.
Attorney Karen Patton Seymour wrote to the House Commission leader on surveillance and reform on Wednesday explaining why Snyder declined the invitation to attend the June 22 hearing. Among the reasons given was a lack of assurance about the scope of the question, given the existence of multiple ongoing investigations and the schedule contradictions that prevented Snyder from appearing directly.
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Seymour wrote to Snyder at a hearing that he “cannot accept the invitation of the Commission to testify.” The Commission called for the next step in the investigation, saying it would consider how the NFL would handle allegations of misconduct in the workplace and set standards and enforce them for everyone. team.
“Mr. Snyder will continue to fully support the Commission’s investigation,” said Mr. Seymour, Chairman Carolyn B. Maloney (DN.Y.) and Chairman Raja Krishnamti (D) of the Economic and Consumer Policy Subcommittee. -Ill.) I wrote in a letter to you. ..
A spokesman for the committee said he would proceed with the hearing on time and would respond to a letter from Snyder’s Camp.
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According to league spokesman Brian McCarthy, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell accepted the invitation to testify on Wednesday and informed the committee that he would effectively appear.
Sem Yua cites a study conducted by former Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Jo White on behalf of the NFL and the Attorney General of Virginia and the District of Columbia, which topic will be taken up by Snyder. He said he could not alleviate his concerns about.
“The Commission has shown that the hearing’focuses’ on issues of historical workplace culture, but the Commission has limited the questions addressed to Mr. Snyder to those issues given the wide latitude. I was informed that I would not provide any guarantee. It was given to members to ask questions other than the topics identified by the Commission, “she wrote.
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Congress began investigating the team’s work culture after an independent review supervised by the league prompted a $ 10 million fine, but did not include a publicly available written report.