FBI's failures in Larry Nassar probe on display as Senate hears testimony from top gymnasts

[mahatmakanejeeves]

I decided to move this from LBN, as it is a scheduled event. What is said during the hearing might constitute LBN.

FBI's failures in Larry Nassar probe on display as Senate hears testimony from top gymnasts

By Tierney Sneed, CNN

Updated 6:01 AM ET, Wed September 15, 2021

(CNN) -- The Senate Judiciary Committee will hear testimony Wednesday from four elite gymnasts -- Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, Maggie Nichols and Aly Raisman -- who say they were abused by Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics team doctor who is now serving a several-decade prison sentence.

The hearing is examining how the FBI mishandled its investigation into the Nassar allegations, which were first brought to the agency in July 2015. Several violations of protocols led to months of delay, as captured in a scathing Justice Department inspector general report released in July.

While the federal investigation languished, Nassar abused scores of victims, the inspector general report said.

READ: Justice Department inspector general report on FBI's Larry Nassar investigation

FBI officials "failed to respond to the Nassar allegations with the utmost seriousness and urgency that they deserved and required, made numerous and fundamental errors when they did respond to them, and violated multiple FBI policies," the report stated.

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Biles, along with McKayla Maroney, Maggie Nichols and Aly Raisman, will appear on the first panel during a Sept. 15 hearing on the FBI's handling of the investigation into Nassar.

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Simone Biles to testify before Senate about Larry Nassar

It starts at 10 a.m.

Simone Biles and Other Olympians Testify on Larry Nassar Sexual Assault Investigation

Former Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles and others testify at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the FBI's investigation of USA Gymnastics Team Physician Dr. Larry Nassar.

[MyOwnPeace]

1. Please, please, please.........

carry this "failed investigation" over to the Kavanaugh 'tips' and 'investigation!'

(Not to take ANYTHING away from the importance of this initial review - it is VERY important and someone/somewhere MUST be held accountable!).