The House Oversight Committee released a bombshell memo offering new details of the investigation's findings.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform has shared a memo detailing findings from the committee's investigation into the Washington Commanders' hostile workplace culture allegations. The memo was released just hours before a hearing Wednesday in which National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell is expected to testify.
The memo describes new evidence uncovered by the committee that sheds light on team owner Dan Snyder's purported role in creating a hostile work environment at the Commanders organization and his apparent efforts to discredit victims and witnesses by launching a shadow investigation to influence the NFL's internal investigation into workplace misconduct allegations.
The House Oversight Committee launched its investigation in October 2021, following the NFL's refusal to release the findings of the internal investigation led by D.C. attorney Beth Wilkinson. Over the past eight months, the committee has reviewed thousands of documents, conducted interviews and depositions with former Commanders employees and held a roundtable discussion with accusers and witnesses.
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