The Washington Commanders are not doing themselves any favors in the lead up to an announcement from D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine set for Thursday stemming from a criminal investigation into the organization.

A Commanders spokesperson released the following statement to the media, shocklingly linking said investigation to the shooting of Brian Robinson from back in August. We wish we were kidding.

“Less than three months ago, a 23-year-old player on our team was shot multiple times, in broad daylight. Despite out-of-control violent crime in DC, today the Washington Commanders learned for the first time on Twitter that the D.C. Attorney General will be holding a press conference to “make a major announcement” related to the organization tomorrow,” a statement from the Washington Commanders read.

“The Commanders have fully cooperated with the AG’s investigation for nearly a year. As recently as Monday, a lawyer for the team met with the AG who did not suggest at that time that he intended to take any action and, in fact, revealed fundamental misunderstandings of the underlying facts.”

What is even happening here? We’re surprised the Commanders didn’t bring up gun violence in other cities, too. Talk about a straw man fallacy. Holy cow.