Roger Goodell Defends Commanders Investigation, but Not Team’s Owner

N.F.L. Commissioner Roger Goodell testified remotely during a House Oversight Committee hearing held Wednesday.Credit...Jacquelyn Martin/Associated PressN.F.L. Commissioner Roger Goodell stood by the league’s investigation into allegations of workplace misconduct at the Washington Commanders organization at a congressional hearing on Wednesday, despite being challenged by House members about the N.F.L.’s decision not to compel a written report of the findings or to come down more harshly on the Commanders’ owner, Daniel Snyder.

Hours after the House Committee on Oversight and Reform released a memo that said Snyder had interfered in the investigation, Goodell testified that he believed…