A Connecticut lawmaker on Wednesday called for another hearing into the FBI’s handling of the Larry Nassar investigation — after USA gymnasts testified that agents …
A Connecticut lawmaker on Wednesday called for another hearing into the FBI’s handling of the Larry Nassar investigation — after USA gymnasts testified that agents turned a blind eye to the former team doctor’s sexual abuse of them and hundreds of other women. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said the Department of Justice needs to answer why no criminal charges were brought against the FBI agents who allegedly failed to properly investigate the case. “The FBI became an enabler rather than an enforcer. The FBI became part of the problem, not the solution,” Blumenthal said at a press conference following the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. “I have strongly called for continuing criminal investigation, if necessary, under new jurisdictional issues, because I think justice will be done only if there is accountability here.” Blumenthal also slammed the DOJ for failing to appear at Wednesday’s hearing, where gymnasts Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, Maggie Nichols and Aly Raisman gave heart-wrenching testimony about the lasting toll of Nassar’s abuse and the system that allowed it to happen.
