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Brian Robinson Jr’s agent not happy with Commanders’ statement

Washington referenced Brian Robinson Jr.’s shooting in its response to the DC attorney general’s announcement. Robinson’s agent responded.

On Wednesday, Washington DC attorney general Karl Racine promised a “major announcement” regarding the Washington Commanders on Thursday.

Racine’s announcement is expected to be regarding his office’s investigation into the organization’s workplace conduct issues or alleged financial improprieties. The team has stated that they’ve fully cooperated in the investigation.

However, Washington released an announcement on Wednesday evening in response to Racine.

Less than three months ago, a 23-year-old player on our team was shot multiple times, in broad daylight. Despite the out-of-control violent crime in DC, today the Washington Commanders learned for the first time on Twitter that the D.C. Attorney General will be holding a press conference to ‘make a major announcement’ related to the organization tomorrow.

The Commanders have fully cooperated with the AG’s investigation for nearly a year. As recently as Monday, a lawyer for the team met with the AG who did not suggest at that time that he intended to take any action and, in fact, revealed fundamental misunderstandings of the underlying facts. It is unfortunate that, in his final days in office, Mr. Racine appears more interested in making splashy headlines, based on offbeat legal theories, rather than doing the hard work of making the streets safe for our citizens, including bringing to justice the people who shot one of our players.

It was shocking the statement would reference rookie running back Brian Robinson Jr.’s shooting in response to Racine.

The news didn’t sit well with Robinson’s agent, Ryan Williams, who responded on Twitter.

Williams is right. There was absolutely no need for the team to reference what happened to Robinson in its petulant response to Racine’s announcement.

Unfortunately, this is another situation where the team mishandled something so minor, and head coach Ron Rivera and team president Jason Wright, who are innocent, are left to play damage control.

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DC attorney general: ‘Major announcement’ involving Commanders coming Thursday

DC attorney general Karl Racine says a major announcement regarding the Commanders is coming Thursday.

Washington D.C. attorney general Karl Racine emailed reporters Wednesday to announce a press conference at noon ET Thursday where he will “make a major announcement related to the Washington Commanders.”

According to the release, the office of the attorney general will also hold a follow-up press event for reporters later that afternoon.

No further details were revealed during the release. However, The Washington Post reported in October that Racine had nearly completed his investigation of the Commanders and owner Daniel Snyder. The investigation allegedly began in the fall of 2021.

The office of D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine (D) has nearly completed its investigation of the Washington Commanders and their owner, Daniel Snyder, and is planning to take further action in the case, according to a person familiar with the investigation.

This comes one week after Snyder hired Bank of America Securities to “explore potential transactions” for the franchise. The team quickly confirmed the report. Later that day, an ESPN report stated that the U.S. attorney’s office in the Eastern District of Virginia was investigating the team for alleged financial improprieties.

While there have been questions about Snyder potentially selling the entire team or looking for a minority partner, Jay Glazer of FOX Sports reported Sunday that Snyder is selling the franchise and that the NFL wants this complete within the next six months.

Washington DC Police release images of alleged suspects in Brian Robinson Jr. shooting

Washington, D.C. police release images of the alleged suspects in the shooting of Commanders running back Brian Robinson Jr.

More details continue to emerge from Sunday’s shooting that left Washington Commanders running back Brian Robinson Jr. hospitalized with two gunshot wounds.

On Monday, NBC 4 in Washington reported that two teens attempted to carjack Robinson, who fought them off, before one of the suspects fired at Robinson, hitting him twice in the leg and the hip.

Late Monday night, Washington D.C. Metro Police released images of the two suspects and the stolen getaway car on social media.

As for Robinson, he released a message on Instagram Monday, stating that “surgery went well” and thanked everyone for their prayers. Head coach Ron Rivera also discussed Robinson’s condition and shared with the media his thoughts on the continued gun violence in America.

We will continue to follow this story.