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The former chief of the FBI s Indianapolis Division considered applying for the head position of USA Gymnastics after he sat on sexual abuse allegations against the Indianapolis-based Olympic organization s longtime team doctor Larry Nassar in 2015.
W. Jay Abbott and other senior Indianapolis FBI officials failed to act on those allegations for at least 8 months, and later lied about doing so, according to a stinging rebuke of the FBI s handling of the case from the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Justice.
That delay and inaction allowed Nassar to continue to practice and molest at least 100 more young athletes under the guise of medical treatment, according to an attorney for 250 Nassar survivors.
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Abbott retired from the FBI in January 2018.
Abbott spent 30 years with the agency, according to a news release announcing his retirement. He was named special agent in charge to the Indianapolis field office on July 8, 2014. As the special agent in charge, Abbott was the highest-ranking official in the Indianapolis field office.
Prior to Indianapolis, Abbott served as the acting special agent in charge of the FBI s Seattle office. He started his career with the FBI in 1987 at the Washington field office, where he worked a variety of foreign counterintelligence and international terrorism matters. He was also a part of the FBI’s first Cold Case Homicide Task Force, according to the retirement release.
Abbott retired from the FBI in January 2018.
Abbott spent 30 years with the agency, according to a news release announcing his retirement. He was named special agent in charge to the Indianapolis field office on July 8, 2014. As the special agent in charge, Abbott was the highest-ranking official in the Indianapolis field office.
Prior to Indianapolis, Abbott served as the acting special agent in charge of the FBI s Seattle office. He started his career with the FBI in 1987 at the Washington field office, where he worked a variety of foreign counterintelligence and international terrorism matters. He was also a part of the FBI’s first Cold Case Homicide Task Force, according to the retirement release.