A United States congressional committee is assembly with NBA officers Wednesday in Washington within the wake of the indictments of Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier and Damon Jones, sources instructed ESPN’s Shams Charania.
The assembly is taken into account an informational sit-down for members of the Home Committee on Power and Commerce and can embrace conversations concerning the league’s partnerships with sportsbooks and measures to stop unlawful use of private data, the sources stated.
The committee despatched a written request to the NBA for a briefing with commissioner Adam Silver in late October. Silver was not anticipated to be in attendance at Wednesday’s session.
Congressional committees from the Home and Senate despatched letters to the NBA within the days after Billups, Rozier and Jones have been amongst 34 individuals arrested as a part of a sweeping federal investigation into alleged rigged poker video games and sports activities betting schemes.
Jones, a former NBA participant and assistant coach, will probably be arraigned at 2 p.m. Thursday in Brooklyn, New York. Billups’ arraignment is slated for Nov. 24, and Rozier’s arraignment is scheduled for Dec. 8, in federal courtroom in Brooklyn.