injuries that you are seeking to treat as you would any physical injury. i would like to ask you. i know at least one of the athletes in the room was abused after july 2015. let me ask each of you, you can answer yes or no whether you know of athletes that were abused by larry nassar after july 2015 during the 18 month period which the fbi did nothing. you can just say yes. if you want to tell me how many if you know. if not just yes or no. yes. go ahead. yes. kalie is here today and he was abused after i spoke out.
we re somehow supposed to be able to answer where the f.b.i. screwed up, you know, they are amazing people, good people, but if people do not work their conscious on moral standard and do basics of their job, then that is why we re here, we hope that can happen. there are 120 people who would not have been victims had one f.b.i. agent made a proper report or phone call. and during i don t know whether you saw it, but i asked everyone of these women whether they knew personally victims who became survivors during that nearly 18-month period, july 2015 to the end of 2016. there were 120 young women who
0 abuse. why are public servants getting away with this? this is not justice. enough is enough. i ask you please do all that is in your power to ensure these individuals are accountable for lying about my initial report and covering up for a child mole ester. i express by gratitude to the u.s. senate that from the beginning fought for us rather than against us. thank you and i welcome any questions. thank you. miss nichols. distinguished members of the judiciary committee. thanks for inviting me to speak. i thank you for your commitment to our athlete s safety and holding accountable those responsible. i was gymnast 2 in the report. this did not happen to gymnast 2. it happened to me. i started gymnastics since i was 3 and dreamed of competing in olympic game. i was elite by the age of 13 and 14 i made the national team. traveled internationally for 14 years and in 2015 at the world championships representing our country where i won a gold medal. my olympic dreams ended in 2015 whe
0 job is to protect are getting away with this? this is not justice. enough is enough. i ask you to hear my voice. please doe all that is in your power to ensure these individuals are held responsible and accountable for ignoring my initial report. for lying about my initial report and for covering up for a child molester. in closing, i would like to express my deep gratitude to the united states senate a very power institution that from the very beginning has fought for us rather than against us. thank you. i welcome any questions. thank you. miss nickols. thank you for inviting me to speak to you today. i want to thank you for your commitment to pry tortizing athlete safety. i was named as gymnast two and previously identified by athlete a. this did not happen to gymnast two or athlete a. it happened to me, maggie nick nichols. i was elite level gymnast by the age of 13. by the time i was 14, i made the national team. i traveled internationally for four years and in 2015 at the
0 i was never prompted. senator padilla? i think i had a female in the room at the olympic training center, but i can t say for sure. i feel like we all have the same people. if i recall, my direct communication was with a male in the room. okay. senator padilla? good morning. i want to start by thanking chairman durbin and all those who have made this hearing possible and to the panelists. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. i admire and respect each one of you for choosing to participate today, for sharing your testimony with us. coming here today was not easy. i recognize that you each had the option of respectfully declining the invitation to be here. but you didn t. and i hope that you understand that your presence here is not just so important to the members of this committee and to the senate as a body, but also speaks volumes for the countless victims of abuse that are out there listening or watching, or will listen. or will watch. i appreciate the conversat