VIRGINIA. (WWBT) - According to Virginia Mercury, after the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights announced Friday that George Mason University violated federal civil rights laws due to alleged unlawful hiring and promotion practices, an attorney representing the school’s President Gregory Washington on Monday said those actions didn’t occur and advised him not to apologize for them.

The agency, which did not immediately respond for comment Tuesday, had recommended GMU take several measures to address its findings, including requiring Washington to apologize and issue a statement affirming that GMU will conduct all recruitment, hiring, promotion, and tenure decisions in compliance with Title VI, the federal anti-discrimination law.

The agency gave Washington 10 days to

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