Irvine California - “This report presents a damning indictment of USOC, USAG, and the failures of the FBI. For 421 days, USOC, USAG, and the FBI knew that Nassar had molested Aly Raisman, McKayla Maroney, and Maggie Nichols and failed to stop the cover-up of the largest sexual abuse scandal in the history of sports. It took the courageous testimony of these magnificent young athletes and others to end the cover-up. The Justice Department needs to follow up this report with its own investigation and prosecute any violations of the law.
Now it is up to Congress to fully implement the recommendations in this report and hold the leaders of the United States Olympic and Paralympic committee accountable for failing to protect a generation of our finest young athletes from horrible abuse.”
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