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The legal professional basic of Washington, D.C., stated Washington Commanders followers had been deceived, and their staff had been lied to, in line with a civil lawsuit filed in opposition to the NFL group and embattled proprietor Dan Snyder.
The workplace of D.C. AG Karl Racine filed a shopper safety lawsuit on Thursday that, together with the Commanders and Snyder, contains the NFL and commissioner Roger Goodell as defendants within the case. The league and Goodell are being accused of colluding with Snyder in a plan to mislead D.C. residents throughout an unbiased investigation into the group’s poisonous office tradition, with the intention to stay worthwhile and keep fan assist.
“You may’t mislead D.C. residents with the intention to shield your picture, income and get away with it,” Racine stated at a press convention on Thursday. “Regardless of who you’re, nobody, not Mr. Snyder [or] Mr. Goodell… not even the Nationwide Soccer League, is above the regulation.”
The lawsuit comes after a year-long investigation into the Commanders by Racine’s workplace. Whereas the group performs residence video games at FedEx Discipline in Maryland and has its places of work in Virginia, it considers D.C. residents a central a part of its fan base.
“We agree with AG Racine on one factor: The general public must know the reality,” Commanders basic counsel Stuart Nash and John Brownlee stated in a press release. “We welcome this chance to defend the group—for the primary time—in a court docket of regulation and to determine, as soon as and for all, what’s reality and what’s fiction.”
Racine is alleging the defendants violated the district’s shopper safety act, which prohibits misleading enterprise practices and is designed to guard residents from being handled unfairly. The lawsuit states that Snyder was improperly given investigation info, and the league turned a blind eye to the proprietor’s makes an attempt to stifle witnesses from talking out about their experiences in the course of the investigation. The Commanders employed unbiased counsel Beth Wilkinson to look into the sexual harassment claims.
The lawsuit alleges the NFL refused to disclose Wilkinson’s detailed findings after a direct negotiation with Snyder. Racine says the shortage of transparency in regards to the investigation violates shopper safety legal guidelines.
“The unbiased investigation into office misconduct on the Washington Commanders was totally and comprehensively performed by Beth Wilkinson and her regulation agency,” NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy stated in a press release. “Following the completion of the investigation, the NFL made public a abstract of Ms. Wilkinson’s findings and imposed a record-setting high quality in opposition to the membership and its possession.”
The lawsuit additionally alleges the league was appearing fraudulently when it assumed management over an investigation into Commanders’ office misconduct allegations uncovered in congressional testimony. The NFL employed former SEC chair Mary Jo White to make sure it might be performed independently and with out Snyder’s affect.
“This, in fact, was all for present,” Racine stated of the change of oversight. “In actuality, the Commanders and the NFL secretly entered into an settlement in regards to the investigation the general public didn’t learn about.”
Whereas there are not any particular financial damages sought within the case, every violation has a most high quality of $5,000 below the regulation, Racine says. His workplace will not be solely planning to concern subpoenas but additionally searching for testimonies below oath and inclinations.
The Commanders lately introduced that it retained Financial institution of America to discover a possible sale of the group; it stays unclear if that was supposed for a minority or a controlling stake. This lawsuit will proceed no matter if Snyder sells the franchise, in line with Racine, whose time period as legal professional basic ends on Jan. 2, 2023. Racine will probably be changed by incoming legal professional basic Brian Schwalb.
The potential of Snyder promoting a controlling stake has already generated curiosity from a number of rich figures, together with Amazon co-founder and Washington Publish proprietor Jeff Bezos. The Commanders had been valued at $4.7 billion, the eighth highest general, in Sportico’s newest NFL valuations.
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Call it D.C.’s biggest hits: Pandas, the Commanders, MLK Holiday DC Peace Walk & Parade are all on tap this week – and that’s before we even get to Inauguration Day!
Of course, if you want to see a panda this week, you must be a National Zoo member. But anyone can grab their free pass to visit the National Zoo once the pandas make their public debut on Jan. 24. The only thing you’ll need to see the pandas is your zoo pass… plus, patience and warm clothes. Expect a line to get into the panda habitat!
But everyone can watch the Commanders face the Lions at 8 p.m. Saturday. On Sunday, sixth-seeded Washington upset the No. 3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Can they clinch against the division leader? Every sports bar will be screening this highly anticipated showdown.
Here’s what else to do this week in the Washington, D.C. area.
Hands-on Landscape Painting with Paloma Vianey: Weds., 6-8 p.m., Phillips@THEARC, 1801 Mississippi Ave, SE, free but registration required
NMWA Nights: Weds., 5:30 to 8 p.m., National Museum of Women in the Arts, $25
DC Improv Date Night: Weds., 7:30 p.m., DC Improv, $99 for food and drink package or $15 for general admission
Rock the Rink at The Wharf: Thurs., 6-10 p.m., The Wharf Ice Rink, anyone in Capitals gear gets $5 off admission
National Symphony Orchestra on the Millennium Stage: Fri., 6 p.m., The Kennedy Center, free but arrive early to get tickets
MLK Shabbat: Visions of Freedom and Justice: Fri., 7 p.m., Sixth & I, free
Concert: Mo Lowda & The Humble and Illiterate Light: Fri., 8 p.m., 9:30 Club, $25
20th Annual MLK Holiday DC Peace Walk & Parade: Sat., 11 a.m., Entertainment & Sports Arena, free
MLK Day of Service: Pope Branch Park cleanup with Anacostia Riverkeeper: Sat., 2900 M Place Southeast, free
Nerd Nite irreverent lecture series: Sat., doors 6 p.m., DC9, $10 (in advance) or $15 (day of)
Black A** Comedy: Sat., 7 p.m., Busboys and Poets 14th Street, $25
Charli x Sabrina x Chappell Dance Party: Sat., Black Cat, $10
Defying Gravity: A Wicked Party: Sat., Union Stage, $15+
Ye Olde Feast of Saint Vincent of Zaragossa!: Sun., 2 p.m., St. Vincent Wine at 3212 Georgia Ave NW, $72
Let Freedom Ring Celebration featuring Christopher Jackson and esperanza spalding, hosted by Taye Diggs: Sun., 7:30 p.m. The Kennedy Center, free (note: ticket giveaway begins at 5:30 p.m. at the Hall of Nations, limited to two tickets per person)
Union Stage Presents: Rare Essence , EU feat. Sugar Bear, DCVybe: Sun., 8:30 p.m., Howard Theatre, $55
Last chance – “Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment”: Through Sun., the National Gallery of Art, free
Theater: “What the Constitution Means to Me”: Jan. 15 to Feb. 16, Round House Theatre, $50+
SA-ROC (+ DJ OSO Fresh After Party): Fri., BlackRock Center for the Arts in Germantown, $35
Yoga at Brookside Gardens: Sat., 9:30 a.m., Wheaton, $14
Say It Loud: A Celebration of the Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Sat., BlackRock Center for the Arts in Germantown
Be’la Dona Brunch: Sun., 2 p.m., Bethesda Theater, $41.45 (including fees)
“Paper Dreams” at Imagination Stage: Through Feb. 16, Bethesda, $19.50
Sean Gavin and Josh Dukes in Concert: Thurs., 7-9 p.m., Alexandria History Museum at The Lyceum, $25 ($10 under 18)
Comedy – Justin Martindale: Fri. and Sat., Arlington Cinema Drafthouse, $20
Silly Suds: Humorous Soapmaking Workshop: Sat., 9 a.m. to noon, Del Ray Artisans Gallery in Alexandria, $45-$55, plus $10 supply fee (must register by Weds.)
NOVA Wine Expo: Sat., 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Dulles Expo Center, $40+
Presidential Transitions Lecture & Historic Document Viewing: Sat., noon to 3 p.m., George Washington Presidential Library, $10
La Vang Lunar New Year Festival: Sat. and Sun., Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, $10 ($5 with student ID or for kids 2 to 11)
Comedy Night in Leesburg Presented By The DC Improv: Sat., Tally Ho Theater in Leesburg, $20-$32
Ice & Lights-The Winter Village at Cameron Run: Through Feb. 23, Cameron Run Regional Park in Alexandria, $8.55+
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Capitol will be on lockdown during inauguration day. More than 30 miles of anti-scale fencing has been erected at key locations in Washington, D.C. Thousands of National Guard troops will be on duty to support the Secret Service.
“The Secret Service will bring agents and other specialists from field offices across the country to provide a full slate of visible and invisible security measures,” said William McCool from the U.S. Secret Service.
FBI Director Christopher Wray stated, “We’re not tracking any specific or credible threats to the inauguration.”
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There will be several layers of security, including a pedestrian-restricted zone with 40 checkpoints. This zone covers the White House, the U.S. Capitol, and the National Mall. All vehicles will be checked for bombs or other weapons on three sides of the White House and west to Union Station. On the southwest corner of Washington, D.C., all roads will be closed along the Potomac River.
“We’re dealing with a threat landscape where terrorists, whether they be foreign, jihadist-inspired, or domestic terrorists or others, can move from radicalization to action quite quickly, often with very crude but still lethal attacks,” Wray said.
FBI Director Christopher Wray also mentioned that the Secret Service, Homeland Security, and Capitol Police are taking the lead on inauguration security. “What I would tell you is that I have enormous confidence in the FBI’s men and women in our role as supporting the other agencies, which have the primary responsibility for securing the inauguration,” he added.
Visitors with questions about checkpoints and other security measures can find more information here.
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