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-- i suppose a nice way to say it is they're troubling. they're damning. they're horrible. i think of the young women who testified here today, what they went through. i don't see where they can get much solace out of listening to this, and what the american people feel. senator grassley just mentioned mr. horowitz said about jay abbott, named in the ig report. he retired. was that a forced retirement? >> it was not. >> did he ever face any possibility of prosecution? >> we referred our findings to the department's prosecutors for consideration about the false statements that he made to us in ...

I have asked mr. wray to talk to me about a troubling believing that i received from the fbi and was weaponized against my and senator johnson's oversight. director wray and his staff have ignored my requests to meet, mimicking the pattern here at the nassar case, nonresponsiveness. without objection, i'd like to introduce into the record at the hearing today an e-mail thread illustrating the fbi's nonresponsiveness to my request. this e-mail shows the great length that i went to to get a meeting with director wray. now my question to director wray. the inspector general's report shows that ja...

Report are totally unacceptable. these individuals betrayed the core duty that they have of protecting people. they failed to protect young women and girls from abuse. the work we do certainly is often complicated and uncertain. we're never going to be perfect. but the kinds of fundamental errors that were made in this case, in 2015 and 2016 should never have happened period. and as long as i'm the fbi director, i'm committed to doing everything in my power to make sure they never happen again. the fbi cannot carry out its vital mission of protecting the american people without trust. in this ...

Have there been recommendations -- what took so long to fire him, i might ask? >> well, we waited for the report. one of the things that i want to make sure is we don't have a situation where two wrongs make a right. so we waited until we had the inspector general's independent report. we followed our disciplinary process. he's been fired. >> did he contest the firing? >> i probably can't get into that discussion here. i want to be sensitive about privacy act concerns and so forth. >> mr. horowitz, if you can say, has there been a recommendation that he be prosecuted? >> again, what happened i...

I am grateful to the women who came forward today so that i can say to everyone that there is no more important work in law enforcement than helping victims of abuse. it's work that's got to get done right, every single time. it is essential that we do everything we can to ensure that victims continue to come forward with confidence that their reports are going to be thoroughly and aggressively investigated. big part of that is accountability in holding our folks to the highest standard our work requires. when i received the inspector general's report and saw that the supervisor special agent ...