Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and a bipartisan group of Senate Judiciary Committee members today called on FBI Director Christopher Wray to provide additional details about the FBI’s approach to child sex abuse cases following its failures to properly investigate the Larry Nassar case.
In November, the senators sent letters to the FBI and Office of the Inspector General (OIG) following the OIG’s investigation into the FBI’s failure to properly investigate reports that Larry Nassar was assaulting young athletes, which enabled the continued abuse of dozens of additional victims.
“We are pleased to learn of the efforts the FBI has undertaken to improve training and guidance for the handling of suspected abuse to prevent future harm to victims. However, your response did not address all of our requests,” the senators wrote.
The senators continued: “The failures in the Nassar case were a stain on the Bureau. We are encouraged that the FBI appears to have responded to these failures and implemented the recommendations of the Inspector General. It is our collective duty to ensure that victims of sex abuse can feel confident that law enforcement, particularly the FBI, will assess and investigate allegations of abuse professionally and in a timely matter. We look forward to our continued partnership on this important goal.”
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