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AILSA CHANG, HOST: The FBI, quote, "mishandled allegations of sexual abuse of athletes by former USA Gymnastics physician Lawrence Gerard Nassar." That is the key finding from an investigation by the inspector general of the Department of Justice. Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut led the charge on Capitol Hill in 2019 to better understand how authorities handled the case of Larry Nassar. Senator Blumenthal joins us now. Welcome. RICHARD BLUMENTHAL: Thank you so much for having me. Good to be with you. CHANG: Good to have you with us. Now, you called this IG report a, quote...

FBI badly botched sex-abuse probe of USA Gymnastics doctor, watchdog says FILE PHOTO: Larry Nassar, a former team USA Gymnastics doctor who pleaded guilty in November 2017 to sexual assault charges, stands in court during his sentencing hearing in the Eaton County Court in Charlotte, Michigan, U.S., February 5, 2018. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo July 15, 2021 By Sarah N. Lynch and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI dragged its feet in probing sexual abuse allegations against disgraced USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, the U.S. Justice Department’s internal watchdog ...

BBC News Published image copyrightGetty Images The FBI disregarded allegations about a prolific USA Gymnastics child abuser and later made serious errors in the investigation, a watchdog has found. The long-awaited report gave a scathing assessment of the FBI's investigation into former team doctor Larry Nassar. Nassar is serving an effective life sentence for molesting young gymnasts. Numerous missteps and cover-ups by FBI agents allowed his abuse to continue for months after the case was first opened, the report found. In a statement on Wednesday, the FBI acknowledged the findings, call...

Na nassar. they failed to interview victims in a timely fashion, made false statements and did not properly document complaints. jean casarez here with the details. it's a mess from the beginning. >> it's a long time coming. we knew this was going on, but the department of justice office of inspector general found that senior officials with the indianapolis fbi failed to respond to larry nassar allegations with the utmost seriousness and urgency that the allegations deserved and required. it was 2015, and usa gymnastics went to the fbi field office in indianapolis, which is where usag is based...

Dozens of additional victims were assaulted while the f.b.i. dragged its feet. cbs' dr. jon lapook has more on this. >> i was molested. >> reporter: it was a damning indictment of the country's top law enforcement agency. >> they were just kids. >> reporter: in the worst sexual abuse scandal in the history of sports. the 109 page report released today, by the department of justice's inspector general, found the f.b.i. failed to respond to sexual assault allegations against larry nassar, the disgraced former doctor for u.s.a. gymnastics with the urgency the allegations required. the f.b.i. lear...