2. The NFL Was Aware that Mr. Snyder Tried To Block Ms. Wilkinson’s Access to Key Information The Committee’s investigation displays that the League was once conscious about Mr. Snyder’s efforts to obstruct Ms. Wilkinson’s investigation, together with by way of blockading get entry to to data associated with sexual attack allegations in opposition to him. However, the league downplayed his movements. 179 The NFL won “regular updates on the progress of the investigation,” together with “significant developments” from Ms. Wilkinson and her crew, which just about unquestionably integrated updates at the Commanders’ efforts to hinder the investigation.¹ Court information within the lawsuit that Mr. Donovan filed in opposition to Ms. Wilkinson in quest of to stop her free up of paperwork display the League’s consciousness of this obstruction. In a November 2020 courtroom submitting, Ms. Wilkinson defined that her company was once “obligated to consult and coordinate with their client [redacted] before submitting a substantive evidentiary response to Donovan’s filing,” suggesting that she saved the NFL apprised of the lawsuit. ¹80 Lisa Friel, the NFL’s Senior Vice President and Special Counsel for Investigations, even filed a testimony if that’s the case, detailing efforts by way of Mr. Snyder’s attorneys to silence the worker who had accused Mr. Snyder of sexual attack and to stop the discharge of this worker from her NDA. 181 Ms. Wilkinson additionally met with the NFL right through key moments within the Commanders’ efforts to dam get entry to to key data. For instance, she met with Ms. Friel on October 20, 2020 and on October 26, 2020—the primary assembly going on the day after Ms. Wilkinson won a letter from Mr. Donovan’s attorney refusing to permit Mr. Donovan to be interviewed, and the second one assembly at the identical day the Reed Smith legislation company knowledgeable Ms. Wilkinson that Mr. Snyder’s accuser would now not be launched from her confidentiality responsibilities. 182 179 Committee on Oversight and Reform, Deposition of Bruce Allen (Sept. 6, 2022) (on-line at https://oversight.home.gov/websites/democrats.oversight-house.gov/recordsdata/2022-09 06p.c20Deposition% 20ofp.c20Bruce%20Allen_Redacted.pdf); Letter from Rob Kelner, Covington & Burling LLP, on behalf of the National Football League, to Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Chairman Raja Krishnamoorthi, Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy (Nov. 4, 2021) ( on-line at https://oversight home.gov/websites/democrats.oversight home.gov/recordsdata/3.%202022-02-04p.c20 %20Kelner%20NFLp.c20Nov.%204p.c20Letter_Redacted.pdf). 180 Beth Wilkinson’s Prehearing Memorandum, Doc. 240, (Nov. 11, 2020), Donovan v. Wilkinson, ED Va. (No. 1:20-cv-01344-AJT-IDD). 181 Opposition to Motion for Preliminary Injunction, Doc. 245, (Nov. 20, 2020), Donovan v. Wilkinson, ED Va. (No. 1:20-cv-01344-AJT-IDD); Declaration of Lisa Friel, Doc. 248, (Nov. 20, 2020), Donovan v. Wilkinson, ED Va. (No. 1:20-cv-01344-AJT-IDD); Sources: Commanders Boss Snyder Claims ‘Dirt’ on NFL Owners, Goodell (Oct. 13, 2022) (on-line at www.espn.com/nfl/tale/_/identity/34778123/washington-commandersowner-dan-snyder-claims- dirt-nfl-owners-roger-goodell); Daniel Snyder Pledged Support for the NFL’s Investigation. His Actions Tell a Different Story, Washington Post (Dec. 14, 2021) (on-line at www.washingtonpost.com/sports activities/2021/12/14/daniel-snyder-nfl-investigation/); Declaration of Beth A. Wilkinson, Doc. 246, (Nov. 20, 2020), Donovan v. Wilkinson, ED Va. (No. 1:20-cv-01344-AJT-IDD). 182 See Email from Simone Ross, Covington & Burling LLP, on behalf of the National Football League, to Majority Staff, Committee on Oversight and Reform (Feb. 25, 2022) (confirming dates that the NFL won updates from the Wilkinson company); Declaration of Beth A. Wilkinson, Doc. 246, (Nov. 20, 2020), Donovan v. Wilkinson, ED Va. (No. 1:20-cv-01344-AJT-IDD); Declaration of David P. Donovan in Support of David Donovan’s Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction, Doc. 233, (Nov. 8, 2020), Donovan v. Wilkinson, ED Va. (No. 1:20-cv-01344-AJT-IDD). 56