When will the FBI answer for its many failures?

Published September 16, 2021 4:16pm ET



Four U.S. gymnastics stars testified Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the horrifying abuse they suffered at the hands of national team doctor Larry Nassar. But Nassar wasn’t the only culprit, according to these women: The FBI also failed them by refusing to take their reports seriously and, in at least one case, changing the records in an attempt to deflect blame from the agency.

Gymnast McKayla Maroney recalled how she sat down with FBI agents and told them how Nassar had molested her repeatedly. She said that after she was finished sharing her story, the agent asked, “Is that all?”

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