On late Friday afternoon, Mark Maske of the Washington Post reported the NFL had hired Mary Jo White to investigate the latest allegations against Washington Commanders owner Daniel Snyder.
White is a former United States attorney for the Southern District of New York. Perhaps the most important takeaway from the NFL’s hiring of White to handle the Washington investigation is White led the league’s investigation into former Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson in 2018.
There will be a written report this time around, and it will be released publicly once the investigation is complete. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will decide if any further punishment for Snyder or Washington is warranted. The NFL fined Washington $10 million after Beth Wilkinson completed her investigation last year. Snyder wasn’t suspended, but he did step away from day-to-day operations for some time, and his wife, co-owner Tanya Snyder, assumed a more prominent role.
The NFL has engaged Mary Jo White to conduct the league’s investigation into the latest allegations against Daniel Snyder and the Commanders arising from the recent House Oversight Committee roundtable, source says.
— MarkMaske (@MarkMaske) February 18, 2022
The latest allegations against Snyder originated at the Congressional roundtable on Feb. 3. Former team employee Tiffani Johnston accused Snyder of inappropriately touching her and attempting to push her into a waiting limousine after a business dinner.
Snyder denied the allegations.
Washington announced it was hiring an outside firm to investigate the claims but the NFL quickly stepped in and said it would be leading the investigation.