Commanders president points assertion after backlash from followers, media
Washington Commanders president Jason Wright launched a press release following backlash from a spokesperson’s response earlier within the day.
The Washington Commanders have been as soon as once more within the information for all of the flawed causes. Earlier on Wednesday, the workplace of Washington D.C. Lawyer Common Karl Racine introduced that there will likely be a press convention on Thursday that’s regarding the Commanders. Shortly thereafter, a staff spokesperson responded, the place they determined to bring up the shooting of running back Brian Robinson as a way to deflect from the investigation and press convention by the Lawyer Common.
This led to an enormous adverse response from followers and the media. Not simply that, however Robinson’s agent, Ryan Williams, was vital of the assertion.
Afterward Thursday night time, Commanders staff president launched a press release of his personal following the backlash. Wright stated that the assertion earlier “expressed our inside counsel’s going frustration with the Lawyer Common’s workplace,” whereas saying that “the lawyer’s professional frustrations with the AG ought to have been separate and other than referencing the horrible crime that affected our participant.”
You may learn Wright’s full assertion under, courtesy of NFL Community’s Mike Garafolo.
Commanders president releases assertion after backlash from spokesperson response to Thursday’s Lawyer Common press convention
Wright additionally brings up that they’ve spoken with Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee, expressing how a lot they help the work of the division, along with elected officers and public security leaders “working to scale back gun violence and crime throughout the area.”
The spokesperson introduced up Robinson being shot twice within the leg in an tried theft again in August of their assertion to criticize Racine. Particularly, they stated Racine “seems extra inquisitive about making splashy headlines, primarily based on offbeat authorized theories, slightly than doing the laborious work of constructing the streets protected for our residents, together with bringing to justice the individuals who shot one in every of our gamers.”
Robinson’s agent responded to the assertion in a tweet, saying that “though I do know that there are some nice people in that constructing, whoever is hiding behind this assertion will not be one in every of them.”
Simply final week, an ESPN report revealed that the Eastern District of Virginia opened up an investigation into the Commanders with reference to allegations of economic improprieties.
That report dropped shortly after the Commanders revealed that the staff employed Financial institution of America Securities to explore a sale of the team.
It’s unknown what the precise announcement Racine will make in his press convention on Thursday.
