I dont know. Thank you. Could the witnesses please stand to be sworn in . Please raise your right hand. Do you affirm the testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help you god . Let the record show the witnesses have answered in the affirmative. Director wray, proceed with your Opening Statement please. Mr. Wray good morning. On behalf of the entire fbi, i want to begin by thanking the brave women who testified here this morning, ms. Biles, ms. Moroni, ms. Nichols and ms. Raisman, among the many who nassar kurt. I am deeply and profoundly sorry to each and every one of you. I am sorry for what your families and you have been through. I am sorry that so many people let you down over and over again and i am a specially sorry that there were people at the fbi who had their own chance to stop this monster back into thousand 15 and failed, and that is inexcusable and we are doing everything in our power to make sure it never happens again.
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P. M. Eastern on cspan, online at cspan. Org, or listen on the free cspan radio app. U. S. Gymnast simone biles and others testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about abuse they endured from former u. S. Gymnastic Team Doctor Larry nasser. They accused the Fbi Agent Test with the investigation of covering up their claims of abuse. Following their testimony, Fbi Christopher Wray and general Michael Horowitz spoke before the committee about the investigation. This is about four hours. The story blew the whistle on decades of nasser psychos abuse. Unbeknownst, the federal had received investigation about his conduct 15 months prior to the article. It failed to take any action to protect victims or investigate the abuses. Since then, numerous reports of sexual assault have highlighted athletes special vulnerability to abuse. Lastly, an article published in the Chicago Tribune spotlighted the former chicago blackhawks close to pled made clear that sexual abuse of Young Athletes is
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The hearing will come to order. Today were holding a hearing to investigate the allegations against Larry Nassar, the creditor who abused hundreds of young women before he was charged and convicted in 2017. Five years ago, exactly onset number 12, 2016, the Indianapolis Star broke the story of his sexual assaults. The story blew the whistle on decades, decades of his abuse. Unbeknownst to the public at that time, the federal bureau of investigation had received information about his conduct 15 months prior to the article but failed to take any action to protect his victims or investigate the abuses. Since then numerous reports of sexual assault in these programs have highlighted the vulnerability of athletes to this abuse. Last week in illinois it spotlighted a former Blackhawks Coach who pled guilty to sexual contact with a high School Student he was coaching. Cases like this make it clear that sexual abuse of young athletes is a persistent problem that teams, leagues, athletic instit