This was certainly no coincidence.
According to a report from ESPN’s Don Van Natta, the U.S. attorney’s office has opened a criminal investigation into the allegations that the Washington Commanders “engaged in financial improprieties.”
The team is also under investigation by attorneys general in Virginia and Washington, D.C. for the same reason.
This is just amazing news that came mere hours after the Snyder’s said they would explore a sell of the franchise.
“The U.S. attorney’s office in the Eastern District of Virginia has opened a criminal investigation into allegations that the Washington Commanders engaged in financial improprieties, two sources familiar with the matter confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday.
The sources said prosecutors are focused on several areas, and that the inquiry was triggered by a letter the House Committee on Oversight and Reform sent to the Federal Trade Commission and several attorneys general in April that alleged deceptive business practices. Attorneys general in Virginia and Washington, D.C., also are investigating allegations of financial impropriety.”
Much of the evidence is said to have come from the testimony of former team employees, with one telling Congress team owner Dan Snyder was aware the Commanders operated two financial books.
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Attorney John Brownlee is representing the team and released a statement saying the ESPN report consists of “falsehoods based solely on anonymous sources” and calling the allegations “simply untrue.”
This is just the latest incident for a franchise that has been marred in controversy. They have faced a number of investigations into their workplace culture over the years.
Attorney Mary Jo White is currently investigating the team and an allegation that Snyder sexually assaulted a woman on his plane in 2009.
Washington previously hired attorney Beth Wilkinson in 2020 to review the workplace culture. A written report was never released, but Snyder was forced to give up control of day-to-day operations to his wife, Tanya, and the team was fined $10 million.
