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Ben Nuckols | Associated Press

Commanders owner Dan Snyder faces new sexual harassment allegation

Former Washington Commanders employee Tiffani Johnston told a congressional committee on Thursday that team owner Dan Snyder placed his hand on her thigh without her consent at a team dinner, and that he pushed her toward his limousine with his hand on her lower back. | Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP

Former Washington Commanders employees and members of Congress pressured the NFL and Commissioner Roger Goodell on Thursday to release a report about the team’s history of sexual harassment and its sexist, hostile workplace culture. They said the team and owner Dan Snyder have not been held accountable for their misdeeds.

One of the six former employees who spoke before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform also came forward with a new allegation that she was sexually harassed by Snyder himself, which Snyder denied.

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