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 in these discussions generally are interactions with the prosecutors. we don t make a formal recommendation to the prosecutors. i think you d have to have the department officials speak to that issue. i ll just close and say, a
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 in indianapolis had failed to carry out even the most basic parts of the job, i immediately made sure he was no longer performing the functions of the special agent. i can now tell you that that individual no longer works for the fbi in any capacity.
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. certainly, as i have already testified here today, the special agent, supervisory special agent who features so prominently in inspector horowitz report, i can confirm
work, as usual, in this report. director wray, i have to touch you personally, not only in your official capacity, but even just as a parent, to listen to these young women tell stories of what they have been through. what strikes me here is that doesn t seem to ever have been a sense of urgency or immediacy in that indianapolis field office. the july reporting leading to the september attempt, vain attempt to change venue on the case to lansing, which didn t happen. and then the later report in los angeles and then they sat on it. what am i missing here? this is like a child kidnapping case. this man is son the loose molesting children and it appears that it s being lost in the paperwork of the agency. well, needless to say, i share your reactions. i share your bewilderment.
whole lot of people should be prosecuted here, besides nassar, obviously, should be prosecuted. i m thinking some of the people within the athletic field that were aware of this and turned a blind eye to this and did nothing to it, allowed all of these victims to be there. i m not talking about people in government, but people even outside. there s a whole lot of people who should be in prison. i m glad he s in prison. i can tell you, frankly, as a parent, as a grandparent, there s a hell of a lot more i d like to see in prison. thank you, mr. chairman. thank you very much. senator feinstein. thanks very much, mr. chairman. gentlemen, when this report was released, that s the ig report, on july 14, the fbi publicly