The continued standoff between the U.S. Home Oversight Committee and embattled Washington Commanders proprietor Dan Snyder is not ending or getting any much less messy.
Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney accepted Snyder’s supply on Tuesday to testify on July 28 by way of videoconference, ESPN’s John Keim and Tisha Thompson reported, however Snyder’s lawyer is now saying he is not going to testify if the committee continues to attempt to subpoena him.
The subpoena was already issued however was not delivered to Snyder since he’s holding up on a yacht abroad, and his lawyer, Karen Patton Seymour, has refused to take it for him.
The committee maintains {that a} subpoena helps to make sure Snyder will not withhold data when he testifies. Seymour has known as the committee’s purpose for the subpoena “baseless.”
Along with saying Snyder will not testify below subpoena, Seymour additionally requested two dates on which Snyder may “voluntarily” testify, and selected July 28 and 29 — the final two days earlier than the committee goes on recess in August.
Seymour additionally maintains that her consumer has carried out every thing in his energy to be accessible to testify and that he “has been absolutely dedicated to cooperating within the committee’s investigation.” Snyder didn’t testify in June as beforehand requested as a result of he claimed to have a earlier engagement he could not get out of. He was attending an awards ceremony in France at the moment.
