Sources - Dan Snyder seeks to limit release of inquiry report - ESPN

Dan Snyder and his lawyers are lobbying the NFL to limit the release of attorney Mary Jo White's report into sexual misconduct allegations and financial improprieties against the embattled Washington Commanders owner, sources told ESPN.

While there are ongoing questions about legal indemnification for Snyder, and procedural hurdles around vetting the bidding group led by Philadelphia 76ers co-owner Josh Harris, the contents of White's report — and whether it's released in its entirety and when — are among the final major stumbling blocks to a sale of the team for $6.05 billion, the sources said. Snyder's main leverage is time — to try to drag out the process, sources said.

«It's the main remaining issue,» a source close to Snyder told ESPN.

A Commanders spokesperson called this report «completely false and a blatant fabrication by someone with no actual knowledge of this matter.» An NFL spokesman declined comment.

A source with firsthand knowledge of White's inquiry told ESPN that «it appears her work is all but done,» and that in the past several weeks White has conducted the final round of interviews with key witnesses. As a result, conversations between Snyder's lawyers and league lawyers and executives over the release of her investigation's findings have intensified.

White, a former U.S. attorney from the Southern District of New York and former chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, has told lawyers and witnesses involved in the case that she expects her entire report to be made public, not just her findings, sources told ESPN. White was hired by the NFL to conduct the inquiry in February 2022.

«If the findings that are released are the complete findings, drafted by Mary Jo White and not the league,