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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...

May not be, you know -- i don't know what you would even offer. think about the coaches that also have been thrown into this, that were running reputable programs. and the young women who then left them as young, young, young, 6, 7-year-olds, to then move into a higher level, and then the exposure to dr. larry nassar and that usa team. think about having raised in your gym a child in your care and coaching, and then to watch this happen. i mean, you talk about collateral damage. there is so much. i do want to say what we're setting up for now. so the director of the fbi, christopher wray and t...

Facts. >> senator, i'm not aware of discussions about referring to state and local authorities. >> director wray, how far did knowledge of the nassar investigation extend within the fbi headquarters in 2015? >> my understanding of the most senior individual involved, based on looking at the thorough and independent investigation of inspector general horowitz was that the most senior individual with knowledge and responsibility was the special agent in charge in indianapolis, mr. abbott. but again, i would defer to inspector general horowitz on that. >> was the director aware of the nassar matt...

Offended by this. you saw klobuchar talk about maggie nichols. you saw cornyn talk directly to simone biles. he feels for all of them but particularly so proud of biles. so much that was shared. i gotta ask, is wrag? the horowitz in trouble? somebody's got to pay for this. >> emily: somebody has got to pay for this. allie said one statement that stuck out to me. we knew of the six accusers. he said one of the athletes was abused on film giving our abusers unfettered access to children. that should have been a priority. you sense the palpable visible pain that maybe this could have been stopped...

To retire in 2018 and evade prosecution even though this report describes misconduct by him and an agent under his supervision. i have asked that the attorney general reconsider the decision not to file charges against some of the individuals involved in the case. i would like you to provide this committee with a list of all disciplinary actions that took place with respect to fbi personnel who were the subject of this investigation. i believe that you owe that, at the very least, to the victims of today's hearing. >> well, we can provide the committee with whatever information we can. certain...