Daniel Snyder will not testify under subpoena

The United State House Committee on Oversight and Reform answered Washington Commanders owner Daniel Snyder’s offer to testify Monday by agreeing to some of Snyder’s conditions. However, committee chairwoman Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) said the House committee would issue a subpoena and wanted a response from Snyder by Tuesday.

The back and forth continued Tuesday as Snyder’s attorney, Karen Patton Seymour, responded to Maloney’s letter with her own letter, saying there was no need for a subpoena.

“There is no legitimate need for a subpoena to Mr. Snyder,” Seymour wrote. “The Committee’s proffered justification — that Mr. Snyder would otherwise invoke nondisclosure agreements ‘to withhold information from the Committee’ — is baseless. Mr. Snyder is not subject to any NDA that conditions his ability to share information solely on receipt of a subpoena. We are confident that Mr. Snyder will able to provide full and complete testimony during hisvoluntary appearance – a view the Committee apparently shared, despite the proffered justification in the July 12 letter, since the Committee invited him to testify voluntarily at a hearing held just three weeks ago.”

Maloney indicated Seymour said Snyder’s voluntary testimony “would exclude matters covered by nondisclosure agreements,” according to the Washington Post, thus why the committee wanted Snyder to accept the subpoena.

“Under the circumstances, there is no valid basis to issue a subpoena for Mr. Snyder’s testimony,” Seymour said at the end of the letter. “We intend that he will testify voluntarily on July 28, as he has long agreed and looks forward to the opportunity to do.”

Next up, we wait for Maloney’s reply.