If Washington owner Dan Snyder thought a new team name and logo would help everyone forget about the franchise’s past, that’s not the case.
One day after Washington unveiled its new team name, logo and uniforms at FedEx Field, six former team employees testified before Congress at a roundtable concerning the investigation into Washington’s toxic workplace culture under Snyder.
New allegations emerged against Snyder at Wednesday’s roundtable, which Snyder responded to, acknowledging past issues with the franchise, but strongly denied the new claims.
More news was released Friday as Congress has set a deadline of Feb. 14 for the NFL to release everything regarding its year-long investigation of Washington.
JUST IN: Congress is giving the NFL a deadline of February 14th to turn over all documents pertaining to the toxic workplace / sexual harassment culture of Washington and team owner Dan Snyder.
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More details emerged from Congress’ investigation into Washington, via Tisha Thompson of ESPN. According to Thompson, Snyder must OK the release of the findings:
The NFL may not be able to publicly release the findings of its internal investigation of the Washington Commanders without the explicit permission of owner Daniel Snyder, according to a document released Friday morning by the congressional committee investigating the NFL.
When Washington initially hired attorney Beth Wilkinson in 2020 to investigate the team’s workplace culture, it requested a written report. However, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell “personally instructed that Ms. Wilkinson was to present him with oral, not written, findings in a stark departure from the League’s previous practices,” per a statement from the congressional committee Friday morning.