Testify during the hearing in the workplace culture following allegations of sexual harassment as well as the nfl s probe of that matter. the committee outlining its evidence in a memo ahead of the hearing says snyder conducted a quote shadow investigation that sought to discredit former employees making the accusations of harassment. he hired private investigators to intimidate witnesses and used an overseas lawsuit as a pretext to obtain phone records and emails. nfl commissioner roger goodell appeared virtually in the hearing and told members of congress that the team s culture has transformed and that snyder has been held accountable. a spokesperson for the commanders owner characterized the hearing as a politically charged show trial and said congress should not be investigating an issue the football team addressed years ago. we shall see. turning now to baseball, and the angels shohei ohtani career high eight runs in tuesday s
And his lawyers offered former cheerleaders hush money to dissuade them from cooperating. they also say that they had direct access, the lawyers, to nfl as well as the law firm conducting the investigation, effectively being able to look into what the investigation was saying in real time. i did just get in the last few seconds a statement from snyder s lawyers. i want to read it to you. they are saying it s clear the outcome of the oversight committee s investigation into the commanders was predetermined from the beginning. going forward, about the committee s decision to release the report. so they are aware of what s happening as this committee hearing continues on for the rest of the day. ali on the hill with the latest. that s going to do it for me on msnbc. andrea mitchell reports starts next. al. they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. woah! look out! [submarine rising out of water] [minions making noise]
Committee. they have been at this for several months trying to get these key documents behind the beth wilkinson investigation. that s one of the things you will hear about today in this committee hearing. it s been mentioned several times. this was an investigation done by a lawyer of the washington football team and the toxic workplace culture there. the nfl s commissioner today saying that they got oral reports on that. there s questions about why there s no written reports around that investigation. goodell says it s to protect the people who actually complied with the investigation. a new memo that you just referenced from the committee lays out several bullet points that puts the owner at the very center of this. i will read a few of the things. for example, they say that lawyers for snyder made a dossier with emails, texts, phone records and social media posts from others who made public accusations against the team. they also allege that during the wilkinson investigation, snyder
Discipline for snyder then but sadly is one of many issues that is hovering over the team right now. not just that team obviously. it seems like there s always another year, another set of allegations, more controversy. so big picture. what does this investigation on capitol hill, the allegations made against deshawn watson and the ongoing controversies tell us about that culture and whether or not roger goodell is making good on his promises to doing is about it. we certainly hear about the high-profile cases, whether this is a pervasive cultural issue within the nfl, i don t have to but i do think of it as an important issue that clearly the committee finds important
Carolyn maloney has been going forward for months trying to get certain documents and parts of the investigation into what was happening inside the washington football team. she has been stonewalled from getting those documents and goodell said today that they ll continue to protect the documents related to the so-called wilkinson investigation of what was going on inside the washington football team. goodell made the point today and this struck several people who i was speaking to that while the washington football team was a toxic culture, he made the point that snyder has stepped back from managing the day to day operations and that the team itself looks like a different place and is functioning like a different place. nevertheless, the committee itself putting out the memo before the start of the hearing. i can bring up just a few of the key bullet points that struck my attention. they include things like dan snyder and his lawyers made a dossier of people, like journalists and victims and
Forth more so than there was conversation about the issues at hand. i wonder, nicky, if what you make of the absence of commander dan snyder. talk a little bit more about that back and forth and what you think this means for the commanders. yeah, this is a team that has been embroiled in scandals for years now, extending to not just former employees of the team but dan snyder himself. so this could lead to more severe penalty. the nfl is currently in the middle of another investigation, this one led by mary jo white regarding allegations made against snyder in february in another congressional panel. this could impact what they see as any sort of necessary
The way for the hometown paper and for folks like me who live in washington and they have new reporting that has dropped in the last 24 hours. bring us up to speed on the latest on that front. hallie, your audio cut out in the middle of your question, but i did hear you asking about that washington post report, that s not something nbc has confirmed and it details more of the allegations against snyder and that is the crux of what the oversight committee was trying to get at. they had people who were part of the organization previously come forward and testify about things that were ng inside, really illuminating that toxic culture and it s clear after today s hearings, even despite the testy and fiery rhetoric that we heard from some republicans that the chairwoman would keep pressing forward on this. ali vitale live on the hill for us. thank you. you are about to be looking at first lady jill biden
Witnesses who made credible statements of harassment against the commanders. during beth wilkinson s investigation of the team, they offered former cheerleaders hush money to dissuade them from cooperating and the nfl and the firm conducting an investigation, alleging that they had secretly shared information from their shadow investigation. those were the words of the committee. snyder, for his part is firing back saying in part that the committee s decision to release that quote, unquote report and introduce legislation prior to the hearing is proof positive in their words that this was always going to be little more than a politically charged show trial and not about uncovering the truth, but this is not the last that we ve heard of it, hallie. the chairwoman of the oversight committee carolyn maloney saying that because snyder didn t show up today, she s willing to issue him a subpoena. the washington post has led
Agents stationed at calexico west port of entry stopped a 28-year-old male driver, 43 fentanyl packages were found in the gas tank of his vehicle. a house committee says washington commanders owner dan schneider conducted a shadow investigation that sought to discredit former employees making accusations of workplace shower. snyder refused to attend the hearing today and the committee chairwoman says he will be subpoenaed. nfl commissioner roger goodell told the committee that schneider has been held accountable. up next, juan williams, katie pavlich, bill bennett on president biden s energy crisis and the politics of gasoline. the vietnam war is one of the most misunderstood periods in american history. everything about the conventional view is wrong and it could have been won.
They want to hear from him about a hostile workplace for the nfl s commanders. accusing snyder of conducting a shadow investigation to try to discredit allegations of misconduct against him. while snyder didn t show up today, roger goodell did, and within the washington team it was toxic, as he describes it. it is clear to me that the workplace in washington was unprofessional and unacceptable in numerous respects, bullying, widespread disrespect toward colleagues, use of demeaning language, public embarrassment and harassment. joining me now is msnbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitale. tell us more about today s hearing and what we are hearing from snyder who was out of the country for this, right? that s why he didn t show up. several fiery exchanges as republicans and democrats went back and forth on if this hearing was even a good use of the committee s time. of course, the chairwoman