DaughterGate: The Report (Updated)

With an independent panel due to release its findings regarding her WVU degree, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that Heather Bresch has told school officials that "she will not allow full disclosure" and instead invokes the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act "to the fullest extent."

"The five-member panel, convened by Provost Gerald Lang in January, is expected to report its findings within days on whether Ms. Bresch legitimately earned the degree," the article explains. "The report is to go first to Mr. Lang, who has said he will then share it with the university's faculty senate and board of governors. How much of that report will be made public is unknown."

The Associated Press reports that the cost of this investigation, into whether WVU "gave Gov. Joe Manchin's daughter a master's degree she didn't earn," is "likely to cost more than $22,000 by the time it's completed."

Update: AP and MetroNews report that the panel has delivered its findings to Lang. “We will move as quickly as possible to have the report to WVU’s Board of Governors,” Lang told AP. "After that, the report will go to the 114-member Faculty Senate, then be made public," the article said.