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Justice Department watchdog blasts FBI s handling of allegations against Larry Nassar By: CNN
FBI officials investigating allegations of sexual abuse by disgraced USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar violated the agency s policies by making false statements and failing to properly document complaints by the accusers, the Justice Department s inspector general said in a scathing report on July 14.
By Christina Carrega, Evan Perez and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) FBI officials investigating allegations of sexual abuse by disgraced USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar violated the agency s policies by making false statements and failing to properly document complaints by the accusers, resulting in a delay in the probe into the claims, the Justice Department s inspector general said in a scathing report Wednesday.
Abbott retired from the FBI in January 2018.
Abbott spent 30 years with the agency, according to a news release announcing his retirement. He was named special agent in charge to the Indianapolis field office on July 8, 2014. As the special agent in charge, Abbott was the highest-ranking official in the Indianapolis field office.
Prior to Indianapolis, Abbott served as the acting special agent in charge of the FBI s Seattle office. He started his career with the FBI in 1987 at the Washington field office, where he worked a variety of foreign counterintelligence and international terrorism matters. He was also a part of the FBI’s first Cold Case Homicide Task Force, according to the retirement release.
DOJ watchdog blasts FBI s handling of allegations against former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar Share Updated: 11:53 PM EDT Jul 14, 2021 By Christina Carrega, Evan Perez and Devan Cole, CNN
DOJ watchdog blasts FBI s handling of allegations against former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar Share Updated: 11:53 PM EDT Jul 14, 2021
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Nassar continued working with athletes for more than a year while the investigation languished.
The report comes as the US women s gymnastics team travels to Japan for the delayed summer Olympics.
U.S. Sens. Blumenthal (D-CT) and Moran (R-KS) are pushing for Congressional hearings on the report.
FBI: The actions and inactions of certain FBI employees described in the Report are inexcusable.
Officials with the Indianapolis FBI office made false statements, failed to respond for months leading to more than 100 other gymnasts being sexually abused and exhibited extremely poor judgment in the handling of 2015 allegations against longtime USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar, according to a stinging rebuke Wednesday from the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Justice.