The congressional request for information regarding George Mason University’s Title IX investigation into Antonin Scalia Law School professor Joshua Wright is “deeply troubl[ling]” and based on “ misleading slander,” attorneys representing the professor said in a response Wednesday.

Wright’s counsel with the Binnall Law Group responded to a letter penned this week by Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, who also serves as chairwoman for the Committee on Education and the Workforce, which asked for more information regarding GMU’s investigation into claims that Wright used his academic influence to seduce female law students.