they had legal, legitimate evidence of child abuse and did nothing. i felt pressured by the fbi to consent to nasser s plea deal. i blame larry nassar, and i also blame an entire system. why? why would the fbi agents lie to oig investigators? michaela maroney, aly raisman, elite members of the olympics united states gymnastics team giving emotional testimony, ripping the fbi for failing to protect them from their sexual abuser. i was so shocked at the agent s silence and disregard for my trauma. it was like serving innocent children up to a pedophile on a silver platter. reporter: one by one the decorated gymnasts told their stories recounting the years of abuse by larry nassar, the former usa gymnastics team
hundreds of others have endured. the most successful gymnast of all time, she recalled the abuse she suffered at the hands of her former coach. to at the hands of her former coach. trr be clear, i blame nassar and at the hands of her former coach. trr be clear, i blame nassarand i at the hands of her former coach. trr be clear, i blame nassar and i also blame. an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his abuse. simone pyles and three of her former team mates appeared in print at the senatejudiciary team mates appeared in print at the senate judiciary committee team mates appeared in print at the senatejudiciary committee to testify about the abuse they suffered at the hands of nasser. nassar. he is facing a life sentence. the investigation into how the fbi handled the case has already catalogued failures and lies told by agents, none of whom have been prosecuted. michaela maroney was one of the first to report abuse in july of 2015. i of the first to report abuse in july of 201
yes. i ve met many of them and i also just want to be clear that in the time that i had reported my abuse to usa gymnastics, i followed up many, many times. my mom would follow up for me a lot of the time because i m sure, as you can imagine, it was so hard for me, but also i was so scared because of the positions of power. we followed up so many times and we were constantly told that they were working on it. the most important thing was to keep it confidential, not to tell anyone. they even told me not to talk about it with michaela maroney and give her breathing room. i thought it was being handled. so i can t express to you, when you re told by the president of usa gymnastics at the time, steve penney, that they re
obstruction of justice and official corruption as well. so thank you again for your testimony. i ll make sure that each of you and your families and representatives have contact information for me and my office and continue to work with my colleagues to ensure that justice is done. thank you. thank you, senator ossoff. ms. biles, ms. maroney, ms. nicn nic nichols, ms. raisman, thank you for your testimony today. it will make a difference in the lives of many people witnessing it. you all were gold medalists today in the cause of justice. thank you for joining us. you re excused. thank you. thank you. hello, everybody. i m john king in washington. if you ve been with us, you ve been listening to draw matic
on all of this. it was michaela maroney who was gymnast number one in the inspector general s report who with so much specificity talked about how she was violently sexual assaulted by larry nassar before and after the london olympics, shortly after she had gotten her medal and it went on from there internationally. john. we re still showing live pictures in the committee hearing room, senators talking to these american athletes. they are gold medalists, international icons, survivors of horrific sexual abuse. paula reed, we may hear from these young women momentarily. what was stunning is that, yes, larry nassar is in prison for 150 years plus. he will spend the rest of his life in prison, but these women and others sitting behind them who did not testify believe