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Among other failings, the report states that the office did not document their initial meeting with USA Gymnastics, which approached the bureau in July 2015, to report multiple gymnasts’ allegations of sexual assault by Nassar. They did not properly document a thumb drive provided by the athletic organization that contained videos and a PowerPoint presentation by Nassar in which he described his treatment practices, and used the word “WhoHaa” to describe “female anatomy,” according to the report. The office interviewed only one of the three athletes USA Gymnastics made available to them, and failed to document that interview. The office debated whether the evidence warranted a federal case, but failed to alert local law enforcement or to transfer the case to another jurisdiction, despite saying they had. ....
View Comments 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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