DOJ says FBI made 'fundamental errors' in Larry Nassar sex abuse case

[mystery-ak]

DOJ says FBI made 'fundamental errors' in Larry Nassar sex abuse case

“Senior officials in the FBI Indianapolis Field Office failed to respond to the Nassar allegations with the utmost seriousness and urgency that the allegations deserved and required,” the report said.
By
Joseph Guzman | July 14, 2021


    The inspector general’s investigation kicked off following allegations the FBI did not adequately address numerous complaints made against Nassar in 2015.
    Among the missteps include the failure to document a July 2015 meeting with USA Gymnastics when the FBI first received allegations against Nassar, failure to document relevant evidence and failure to interview victims.
    FBI officials also provided incomplete and inaccurate information when their investigation came under scrutiny.

A new report from the Inspector General of the Department of Justice (DOJ) says the FBI seriously mishandled its investigation into sexual abuse allegations against former USA Gymnastics national team doctor Larry Nassar.

The inspector general’s investigation kicked off following allegations the FBI did not adequately address numerous complaints made against Nassar in 2015.

“Senior officials in the FBI Indianapolis Field Office failed to respond to the Nassar allegations with the utmost seriousness and urgency that the allegations deserved and required, made numerous and fundamental errors when they did respond to them, and violated multiple FBI policies when undertaking their investigative activity,” the report said.

The report says after eight months of inaction by the Indianapolis office, the FBI Los Angeles Field Office received the same allegations, but failed to notify local authorities or take steps to mitigate the ongoing threat posed by Nassar.

Nassar continued to treat gymnasts from the time allegations were first reported to the FBI in July 2015 through September 2016.

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https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/563086-doj-says-fbi-made-fundamental-errors-in-larry-nassar-sex-abuse-case

[PeteS in CA]

Rank and Vile – Stunning Inspector General Report Shows FBI Facilitating Predator Coach Larry Nassar Rape of U.S. Gymnasts – Worse, The FBI Lied to Investigators and Then The DOJ Refused to Prosecute

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/07/14/rank-and-vile-stunning-inspector-general-report-shows-fbi-facilitating-predator-coach-larry-nassar-rape-of-u-s-gymnasts-worse-the-fbi-lied-to-investigators-and-then-the-doj-refused-to-prosecute/

An absolutely damning Inspector General investigation of FBI conduct in the rape and sexual assault of U.S. Gymnasts reveals how FBI agents facilitated Nassar’s sex crimes by taking no action despite numerous witness statements to them.

Worse yet, the FBI never reported the sexual assaults to local law enforcement… and to top it off, the FBI agents lied during the investigation of their conduct, and the DOJ under AG Bill Barr refused to prosecute the FBI liars.

The entire IG report [Must Read pdf Here] reveals layer-upon-layer of FBI wrongdoing, misconduct and false statements in an effort to cover-up their activity when the internal investigation of their conduct began.  ...

IG Report Excerpt – […] “The OIG found that, despite the extraordinarily serious nature of the allegations and the possibility that Nassar’s conduct could be continuing, senior officials in the FBI Indianapolis Field Office failed to respond to the Nassar allegations with the utmost seriousness and urgency that they deserved and required, made numerous and fundamental errors when they did respond to them, and violated multiple FBI policies.

The Indianapolis Field Office did not undertake any investigative activity until September 2nd, five weeks after the meeting with USA Gymnastics—when they telephonically interviewed one of the three athletes. Further, FBI Indianapolis never interviewed the other two gymnasts who they were told were available to meet with FBI investigators.

This absence of any serious investigative activity was compounded when the Indianapolis Field Office did not transfer the matter to the FBI office (the Lansing Resident Agency), where venue most likely would have existed had evidence been developed to support the potential federal crimes being considered, even though the Indianapolis office had been advised to do so by the USAO and had told USA Gymnastics that the transfer had occurred.


Additionally, the Indianapolis office did not notify state or local authorities of the sexual assault allegations ....

Since Nassar continued his sexual assaults even after he knew he was being investigated, the FBI-caused delay in the investigation equals time in which more girls were assaulted. I guess the FBI Indianapolis Field Office peeps were too busy trying to find the white supremacist domestic terrorist that Obama's "Justice" Department claimed were the greatest threat to the US. When resources are dumped into pursuing chimeric bogeymen, real threats and crimes get ignored.

[mountaineer]

The FBI was busy with other stuff. You know, political stuff.

[Free Vulcan]

Fundamental errors my butt. This is pure corruption.

And nothing will be done. If anyone in the DOJ tries, they will be taken care of one way or another.