Summarizing the results of the investigation, Mr. Mueller said:
We found no evidence that anyone at the NFL had or saw the in-elevator video before it was publicly shown. We also found no evidence that a woman at the NFL acknowledged receipt of that video in a voicemail message on April 9, 2014.
We concluded there was substantial information about the incident even without the in-elevator video indicating the need for a more thorough investigation. The NFL should have done more with the information it had, and should have taken additional steps to obtain all available information about the February 15 incident.
Summarizing the results of the investigation, Mr. Mueller said:
We found no evidence that anyone at the NFL had or saw the in-elevator video before it was publicly shown. We also found no evidence that a woman at the NFL acknowledged receipt of that video in a voicemail message on April 9, 2014.
We concluded there was substantial information about the incident even without the in-elevator video indicating the need for a more thorough investigation. The NFL should have done more with the information it had, and should have taken additional steps to obtain all
available information about the February 15 incident.
Connor Hughes @Connor_J_Hughes 36s36 seconds ago
Mueller also found that Dallas did not commit DPI or holding.
Peter King @SI_PeterKing 38s38 seconds ago
Mueller finds NFL probe was lax, and recommends more training and better supervision for NFL investigators."
Andrew Brandt @adbrandt 1m1 minute ago
Interviewed 50 League employees: "Each of those persons denied receiving or seeing the in-elevator video before its public release."
Mike Garafolo @MikeGarafolo 2m2 minutes ago
Mueller criticizes NFL for not doing more to gather evidence but that wasn't the purpose of report. He found nothing on NFL viewing video.
Jordan Raanan @JordanRaanan 2m2 minutes ago
Skimmed it. Nobody did anything wrong, ever. Got it. Thanks. RT @RapSheet Here is the full Mueller Report: http://robertmuellerreport.com
Jason La Canfora @JasonLaCanfora 33s34 seconds ago
As expected Mueller Report finds "no evidence anyone at the league received or viewed the in-elevator video prior to its public release"
Jason La Canfora @JasonLaCanfora 2m2 minutes ago
Mueller finds per report that a tape was sent to NFL office "we identified no package consistent" w/ the characteristics reported by the AP
Ian Rapoport @RapSheet 2m2 minutes ago
Roger Goodell and 50 NFL employees were interviewed about whether they knew about the delivery of this video. None said they knew.
Ian Rapoport @RapSheet 29s29 seconds ago
There was a tip line established for use by league employees if they had any info on the video. We received no calls.
Ian Rapoport @RapSheet 32s33 seconds ago
The Mueller report said it did not happen. RT @brigittep72: @RapSheet what happened to the voicemail that said "got the video"?
Andrew Brandt @adbrandt 30s31 seconds ago
Interesting note: a forensic search of the computers and networks was performed. Came up clean.
ProFootballTalk @ProFootballTalk 15s16 seconds ago
So will the unnamed law enforcement official who reportedly sent the video to the NFL now come forward and say so?
Mike Garafolo @MikeGarafolo 59s60 seconds ago
More support for Goodell. RT @SteelersPRBurt: Statement by NYG President John Mara & PIT President Art Rooney II:
Dan Graziano @DanGrazianoESPN 59s59 seconds ago
What a relief it must be for the NFL that the NFL found no evidence of wrongdoing by the NFL in its NFL-led investigation.
Andrew Brandt @adbrandt 11s11 seconds ago
Interesting that major criticism is too much deference to legal system where, in past, there has been little to no such deference. #Mueller
Connor Hughes @Connor_J_Hughes 36s36 seconds ago
Mueller also found that Dallas did not commit DPI or holding.
Peter King @SI_PeterKing 38s38 seconds ago
Mueller finds NFL probe was lax, and recommends more training and better supervision for NFL investigators."
Andrew Brandt @adbrandt 1m1 minute ago
Interviewed 50 League employees: "Each of those persons denied receiving or seeing the in-elevator video before its public release."
Mike Garafolo @MikeGarafolo 2m2 minutes ago
Mueller criticizes NFL for not doing more to gather evidence but that wasn't the purpose of report. He found nothing on NFL viewing video.
Jordan Raanan @JordanRaanan 2m2 minutes ago
Skimmed it. Nobody did anything wrong, ever. Got it. Thanks. RT @RapSheet Here is the full Mueller Report: http://robertmuellerreport.com
No offense to Connor, but one of the reasons I stopped following his twitter were do to his attempts at being funny.
Andrew Brandt @adbrandt 1m1 minute ago
Report emphasizes its thoroughness: Hundreds of interviews, 3 million documents, forensic review of hundreds of computers/cellphones
Andrew Brandt @adbrandt 6s7 seconds ago
Mara: "League has, in the past, deferred to law enforcement." Wonder how Roethlisberger feels about it - 6 game suspension, no charges.
think the giants should sign rice if he is healthy and if the price/length of contract is giants beneficial, but after reading that joint statement between mara and rooney, i am definitely not holding my breath!!
Bart Hubbuch @BartHubbuch 2m2 minutes ago
Roger Goodell just released a statement on the report that cleared him by saying he "accepts its findings." A true profile in courage.
They tried to be rather transparent with what they did.
Quote:
We did, however, ask for the phone number of the law-enforcement source's disposable cellphone and access to the voicemail message reportedly left by the female caller.7 The Associated Press declined. We also offered the Associated Press an opportunity to search our telephone data for any portion of the source's disposable cellphone number. The Associated Press declined that offer as well.
We created a database of all 1,583 outgoing calls to 1,050 unique telephone numbers from the League's office on April 9. We first excluded numbers contained in the 2014 NFL Blue Booka phone directory that lists senior NFL employees as well as owners, coaches, and employees of the 32 NFL teams. There were 143 such calls to 112 unique telephone numbers. We then researched and ultimately called the remaining 938 numbers, regardless of the length of the call, to identify each recipient. As part of that effort, we asked each League employee from whose extension calls were placed to identify the numbers he or she had called. The employees identified NFL vendors, former players, nearby restaurants, doctors' offices, family members, and the like. Finally, we validated that information by calling each person or entity identified.
We found no evidence that anyone at the NFL had or saw the in-elevator video before it was publicly shown. We also found no evidence that a woman at the NFL acknowledged receipt of that video in a voicemail message on April 9, 2014.
We concluded there was substantial information about the incident even without the in-elevator video indicating the need for a more thorough investigation. The NFL should have done more with the information it had, and should have taken additional steps to obtain all available information about the February 15 incident.
We found no evidence that anyone at the NFL had or saw the in-elevator video before it was publicly shown. We also found no evidence that a woman at the NFL acknowledged receipt of that video in a voicemail message on April 9, 2014.
We concluded there was substantial information about the incident even without the in-elevator video indicating the need for a more thorough investigation. The NFL should have done more with the information it had, and should have taken additional steps to obtain all
available information about the February 15 incident.
Mueller also found that Dallas did not commit DPI or holding.
Peter King @SI_PeterKing 38s38 seconds ago
Mueller finds NFL probe was lax, and recommends more training and better supervision for NFL investigators."
Andrew Brandt @adbrandt 1m1 minute ago
Interviewed 50 League employees: "Each of those persons denied receiving or seeing the in-elevator video before its public release."
Mike Garafolo @MikeGarafolo 2m2 minutes ago
Mueller criticizes NFL for not doing more to gather evidence but that wasn't the purpose of report. He found nothing on NFL viewing video.
Jordan Raanan @JordanRaanan 2m2 minutes ago
Skimmed it. Nobody did anything wrong, ever. Got it. Thanks. RT @RapSheet Here is the full Mueller Report: http://robertmuellerreport.com
As expected Mueller Report finds "no evidence anyone at the league received or viewed the in-elevator video prior to its public release"
Mueller finds per report that a tape was sent to NFL office "we identified no package consistent" w/ the characteristics reported by the AP
Roger Goodell and 50 NFL employees were interviewed about whether they knew about the delivery of this video. None said they knew.
There was a tip line established for use by league employees if they had any info on the video. We received no calls.
The Mueller report said it did not happen. RT @brigittep72: @RapSheet what happened to the voicemail that said "got the video"?
Interesting note: a forensic search of the computers and networks was performed. Came up clean.
ProFootballTalk @ProFootballTalk 15s16 seconds ago
So will the unnamed law enforcement official who reportedly sent the video to the NFL now come forward and say so?
More support for Goodell. RT @SteelersPRBurt: Statement by NYG President John Mara & PIT President Art Rooney II:
What a relief it must be for the NFL that the NFL found no evidence of wrongdoing by the NFL in its NFL-led investigation.
Interesting that major criticism is too much deference to legal system where, in past, there has been little to no such deference. #Mueller
Mueller also found that Dallas did not commit DPI or holding.
Peter King @SI_PeterKing 38s38 seconds ago
Mueller finds NFL probe was lax, and recommends more training and better supervision for NFL investigators."
Andrew Brandt @adbrandt 1m1 minute ago
Interviewed 50 League employees: "Each of those persons denied receiving or seeing the in-elevator video before its public release."
Mike Garafolo @MikeGarafolo 2m2 minutes ago
Mueller criticizes NFL for not doing more to gather evidence but that wasn't the purpose of report. He found nothing on NFL viewing video.
Jordan Raanan @JordanRaanan 2m2 minutes ago
Skimmed it. Nobody did anything wrong, ever. Got it. Thanks. RT @RapSheet Here is the full Mueller Report: http://robertmuellerreport.com
No offense to Connor, but one of the reasons I stopped following his twitter were do to his attempts at being funny.
Quote:
Connor Hughes @Connor_J_Hughes 36s36 seconds ago
Mueller also found that Dallas did not commit DPI or holding.
No offense to Connor, but one of the reasons I stopped following his twitter were do to his attempts at being funny.
I don't think he was trying to be funny, just making a point.
If the ref doesn't see it, it didn't happen
Report emphasizes its thoroughness: Hundreds of interviews, 3 million documents, forensic review of hundreds of computers/cellphones
If the ref doesn't see it, it didn't happen
Worse
Mara: "League has, in the past, deferred to law enforcement." Wonder how Roethlisberger feels about it - 6 game suspension, no charges.
John Mara: "It certainly wasn't a case of willful ignorance."
Roger Goodell just released a statement on the report that cleared him by saying he "accepts its findings." A true profile in courage.
The check is in the mail Bobby.
We created a database of all 1,583 outgoing calls to 1,050 unique telephone numbers from the League's office on April 9. We first excluded numbers contained in the 2014 NFL Blue Booka phone directory that lists senior NFL employees as well as owners, coaches, and employees of the 32 NFL teams. There were 143 such calls to 112 unique telephone numbers. We then researched and ultimately called the remaining 938 numbers, regardless of the length of the call, to identify each recipient. As part of that effort, we asked each League employee from whose extension calls were placed to identify the numbers he or she had called. The employees identified NFL vendors, former players, nearby restaurants, doctors' offices, family members, and the like. Finally, we validated that information by calling each person or entity identified.