Posted on 07/14/2021 1:21:41 PM PDT by John W
WASHINGTON -- The FBI made numerous serious errors in investigating allegations against former USA Gymnastics national team doctor Larry Nassar and didn't treat the case with the "utmost seriousness," the Justice Department's inspector general said Wednesday.
The long-awaited watchdog report raises serious questions about how the Justice Department and the FBI handled the case and highlights serious missteps at the FBI between the time the allegations were first reported until Nassar's arrest.
The inspector general's investigation was spurred by allegations that the FBI failed to promptly address complaints made in 2015 against Nassar. USA Gymnastics contacted the FBI about the allegations in July 2015, but it took months before the agency opened a formal investigation.
At least 40 girls and women said they were molested over a 14-month period while the FBI was aware of other sexual abuse allegations involving Nassar. Officials at USA Gymnastics also contacted FBI officials in Los Angeles in May 2016 after eight months of inactivity from agents in Indianapolis.
The inspector general's office found that "despite the extraordinarily serious nature" of the allegations against Nassar, FBI officials in Indianapolis did not respond with the "utmost seriousness and urgency that they deserved and required."
When they did respond, the report said, FBI officials made "numerous and fundamental errors" and violated bureau policies.
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Huh, no kidding. Why'd they do that?
He must have been a Democrat.
That is surprising, since we have seen recently that the FBI had several practicing pedophile Special Agents. You would think they could have been sent in to ‘Investigate’ Nassar.
Would one consider this professional courtesy?
The FBI screwed up..yeah that’s something they don’t do everyday/sarc
Ok FBI, back to finding dudes wearing furs on their heads during Jan 6th and sending 15 agents to investigate a rope on a garage door cause obviously that is WAY more important
is there a more incompetent organization in this country??
9-11
Pulse Shooter
Boston Marathon Bombers
Fed Ex Shooter in Indy...
and on and on and on...
But hey- they are on the job tracking down those white supremacists!!!
He’s ‘one of them’.
Child molester.
The FBI is completely corrupt, just look at the TWA 800 handjob they gave us. The whole agency is corrupt there’s not one good person working there.
They should all be fired, some tried and the building burnt to the ground.
Same with the DOJ
well, she was cute!
At least 40 girls and women said they were molested over a 14-month period while the FBI was aware of other sexual abuse allegations involving Nassar. Officials at USA Gymnastics also contacted FBI officials in Los Angeles in May 2016 after eight months of inactivity from agents in Indianapolis.
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The Lego Police.
Perhaps money was involved or someone had some major political connections, but I doubt it was mere incompetence.
The FBI reported today that they had stopped a kidnapping of an Iranian on American soil. However, the planners were not arrested, and the FBI involvement seemed minimal. However, the FBI is pretty good at not doing anything and making abig deal of it when it wants to.
F troop…they’ve just managed to stay out of the news. However, a big ‘eruption’ isn’t too far in the future.
Wait until they get to Hunter Biden, Hillary Clinton, Jeffrey Epstein, and so on...
We’ve reached the point that the only things the FBI is good at are the illegal things they do.
Too busy chasing down those white supremacists terrorists? /s
The only thing surprising here is that the FBI blunders are being reported. That’s the real story. I wonder why…
Mckyla is not impressed with the Bureau
Did the FBI get worse and more incompetent, or is it just that they can’t get away anymore with the things they’ve always done?
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