{"id":161098,"date":"2021-07-14T16:47:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T20:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=161098"},"modified":"2021-07-14T16:53:21","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T20:53:21","slug":"breaking-inspector-general-says-fbi-botched-nassar-sex-abuse-investigation-fbi-acknowledges-inexcusable-actions-by-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/breaking-inspector-general-says-fbi-botched-nassar-sex-abuse-investigation-fbi-acknowledges-inexcusable-actions-by-agents\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Acknowledges “Inexcusable” Actions By Agents After IG Says Agency Botched Nassar Sex Abuse Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"
Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz announced today the release<\/a> of an Investigation and Review of the Federal Bureau of Investigation\u2019s (FBI) Handling of Allegations of Sexual Abuse by Former USA Gymnastics Physician Lawrence Gerard Nassar.<\/p>\n The Inspector General found that senior officials in the FBI Indianapolis Field Office “failed to respond to allegations of sexual abuse of athletes by former USA Gymnastics physician Lawrence Gerard Nassar with the urgency that the allegations required.” The IG also found that the FBI Indianapolis Field Office made “fundamental errors when it did respond to the allegations, failed to notify the appropriate FBI field office (the Lansing Resident Agency) or state or local authorities of the allegations, and failed to take other steps to mitigate the ongoing threat posed by Nassar.”<\/p>\n After eight months of inaction by the FBI Indianapolis Field Office, the FBI Los Angeles Field Office received the same allegations. The OIG found that while the Los Angeles Field Office took numerous investigative steps, it too failed to notify the FBI Lansing Resident Agency or state or local authorities of the allegations, and failed to take other steps to mitigate the ongoing threat posed by Nassar. The FBI Lansing Resident Agency did not become aware of the Nassar allegations until after the Michigan State University Police Department (MSUPD) executed a search warrant on Nassar\u2019s residence in September 2016, following the MSUPD\u2019s receipt of separate complaints of sexual abuse by Nassar, and discovered child pornography at Nassar\u2019s residence. During this period from July 2015, when the allegations were first reported to the FBI, to September 2016, Nassar continued to treat gymnasts at Michigan State University, a high school in Michigan, and a gymnastics club in Michigan. Ultimately the investigations determined that Nassar had engaged in sexual assaults of over 100 victims and possessed thousands of images of child pornography, led to his convictions in federal and state court, and resulted in Nassar being sentenced to incarceration for over 100 years.<\/p>\n Read the full IOG report here.<\/a><\/p>\n