(Washington) The attorney general for the District of Columbia said he will call a press conference to discuss the Washington Commanders on Thursday. It will be the latest twist in the saga of this NFL franchise, which is the subject of much investigation off the field.
Posted at 2:09 p.m.
DC Attorney General Karl A. Racine’s office announced Wednesday that it will make a major announcement related to the team. No other details were revealed.
Racine’s office had launched an investigation into the team around the same time that a U.S. government oversight and reform committee transferred its case, opened because of the toxic workplace climate, to the Federal Trade Commission for potential financial irregularities.
The Commanders are the subject of numerous investigations by the DC Attorney General, the West Virginia Attorney General, the US Congress and the NFL. League spokesman Brian McCarthy mentioned last week that the league-commissioned investigation into former U.S. Attorney General Mary Jo White is still ongoing and there are still no deadlines for completing it.
Commanders owners Dan and Tanya Snyder announced last week that they had retained ‘Bank of America Securities’ to explore various options for selling the team. A spokesperson for the team repeated that “all options” were on the table for the sale of a concession whose value would reach 5.6 billion US, according to Forbes magazine.