Predictable, because this is the story survivors everywhere have known for far too long – reports of rape and sexual assault are frequently mishandled and rarely prioritized.
The age-old question, “If you were really abused, why didn’t you report?” is easily answered by the facts laid bare Wednesday. Most of the time though, survivors aren’t part of a sisterhood that includes hundreds of voices who can speak to push for the truth.
Most of the time, journalists and skilled civil attorneys aren’t on deck to dig relentlessly for transparency.
Most of the time, these realities stay hidden, known only to the victims who have suffered through them, and carried only by those who paid the price.
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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.
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.
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.