D.C. attorney general sues Washington Commanders and NFL over alleged secret deal to deceive fans

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Team co-owners Dan and Tanya Snyder airs for a photograph with existent squad members and alumni during the announcement of the Washington Football Team's sanction alteration to the Washington Commanders astatine FedExField connected February 02, 2022 successful Landover, Maryland.

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The lawyer wide of Washington, D.C., connected Thursday sued the Commanders and proprietor Dan Snyder, arsenic good arsenic the NFL and Commissioner Roger Goodell, for allegedly deceiving D.C. residents astir the team's alleged toxic civilization for its ain fiscal gain.

Attorney General Karl Racine alleges that the squad and its proprietor lied to D.C. residents astir its toxic civilization and intersexual harassment, and "entered into a concealed statement with the NFL and Commissioner Goodell" successful bid to support the information from D.C. residents to support their profits.

Racine said Thursday the NFL and Goodell worked with Snyder and the Commanders successful misleading the nationalist astir the allegations and the toxic civilization the enactment maintained implicit the years.

Synder, who has owned the squad since 1999, and the Commanders person been the taxable of a caller probe by some the House Oversight Committee and the NFL for intersexual harassment and fiscal misconduct. 

The NFL didn't instantly respond to a petition for comment.

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