NEW: Congressional report finds that the FBI, Michigan State, USA Gymnastics and the US Olympic Cmte. failed to protect young gymnasts from sexual predator Dr. Larry Nassar. - NBCInvestigates
WASHINGTON — The organizations that should have protected young female gymnasts from sexual abuse by former Olympic gymnastics team, including the U.S. Olympic Committee and the FBI,"fundamentally failed" to do so for years, according to a new congressional report.
"The Olympic-related organization's ability to identify and prevent abuse was inadequate," the report said."As a result, hundreds of women and girls were sexually abused by Larry Nassar." “We admire the survivors’ courage and strength in sharing their stories, and our goal is to do everything we can to prevent the opportunity for it to happen again.”but in an open letter to athletes in December following its own investigation
Blumenthal and Moran told NBC News that they were not satisfied with the answers the FBI gave them during the investigation. They are still waiting for the results of a Department of Justice Inspector General report on what went wrong at the FBI.
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