these initial allegations of assault by larry nasser. they didn t formally open up an investigation or fully document their activities. additionally indianapolis fbi later said they referred to the case to lansing michigan fbi where so many gymnasts attended fsu, but the report states they did not do that. so for over a year nothing was done on the allegations against larry nasser because the only law enforcement agency that knew about hims with the fbi in indianapolis and they did nothing. and during that year, the report states, more than 70 young athletes were allegedly sexually assaulted by nasser. john manly who is the attorney for so many victims tells me at this point there is actually 120 women allegedly sexually assaulted from 2015 to 2016 while the fbi was silent. the inspector general confirmed in his report that materially false statements were made by a special agent during the inspector general interviews,
rhythmic gymnast and one of nassar s accusers. it s great to have you here. thank you for having me. i can only imagine what went through your head and heart when you learned how badly the fbi in indianapolis handled those first allegations. i had an inkling of what would be in the report just because i was on the board of directors. i know steve. i know the way they work. there was too much going on between their communication to give you ease about the fbi s role. but after reading the report yesterday, i m just saddened and shocked. because it s the fbi. like, if you can t trust the fbi, what stopped in all of those field offices with all of those people, them sending an e-mail or picking up the phone and just saying this is going on. there are children in danger. and doing the proper
investigation or fully document their activities. additionally, indianapolis fbi later said they had referred the case to the lansing, michigan, fbi because so many gymnasts trained and attended the michigan state university. they did not do that. so over a year nothing was done on allegations against larry nassar because the only law enforcement agency that knew about him was the fbi in indianapolis. and they did nothing. and during that year, the report states more than 70 young athletes were allegedly sexually assaulted by nassar. attorney for the vast majority of nassar s victims tells me at this point 120 young women were allegedly sexually assaulted from 2015 to 2016 while the fbi was silent. the inspector general confirms in his report the materially false statements were made by an fbi supervisory special agent during the interviews that the
legitimate and would wipe out private insurance. joe biden is among a number of presidential candidates who are at the 2019 national urban league conference in indianapolis. joining is the president and ceo of the national urban league, marc morial. mr. morial, thank you for taking some time on a busy week for you. you saw a lot of candidates, you shared the stage with many of them at the conference yesterday. who s popping down there, who is getting the most attention and reaction? oh, i don t do we have marc s mic? okay. all right. we lost his mic. so let s talk about that back and forth. we saw a we ll get to marc morial in a second when we fix his mic. joe biden and cory booker, cory booker is going at joe biden on criminal justice reform, we saw kamala harris on busing. what are they getting at here? i don t think anywhere, frankly, for a few reasons. voters aren t stupid. they understand the nuances of
they re ready to vote. they re paying attention to this election. they re watching the issues. and the other side of it is, and as you know, i have been around this for many, many election cycles, there s a competition for the african-american vote that i have not seen. every one of these candidates in one way, shape or form is competing and recognizing the influence of african-american voters, particularly in the democratic primaries. all right, marc morial, thank you so much. the national urban league conference. it s always good to have you in indianapolis. and it ends tomorrow. register for tickets at conference.i am empowered.com. still to come, president trump spoke to a group of young republicans and the presidential seal featured behind him was anything but presidential. we ll explain what happened. morning joe is back in a moment.