maroni talk about -- i can't imagine this. three hours she's sitting on her bedroom floor going through an interview which you can tell was by a person, who ever it was, totally insensitive to this young woman's tragic experience. what has the fbi learned from that? in terms of cases of this insensitivity. to at least have interviewers who say there are certain words you better be careful with. >> thank you for that question. it illustrates something important o important that we put in place. we have child adolescent forensic better views. these are interviewers who are specially trained in the unique sensitivities of what it takes to interview people, victims, survivors of these kinds of crimes. one of the reforms that we've put in place is to make crystal clear a policy that interviews of individuals like ms. raiseman should be conducted with those kinds of interviewers. and they should not be conducted telephonically. they should be conducted in person, whenever possible. we've made it more clear now. we're putting mandato

news has confirmed that the fbi has fired the supervisory agent who initially interviewed mykayla maroni back in 2015 and apparently did nothing this as the senate committee looks into why the fbi mishandled this case with tragic consequences

news has confirmed that the fbi has fired the supervisory agent who initially interviewed mykayla maroni5 and apparently did nothing this as the senate committee looks into why the fbi mishandled this case with tragic consequences for the gymnasts testifying this morning, the sexual abuse case involving former team usa physician larry nassar is both painful and personal simone biles, aly raisman are among the hundreds of women who accused the doctor of abuse. >> we sought to protect those athletes and figure out why it happened >> reporter: after biles withdrew from several evens at the tokyo olympics citing her mental health, she told hoda the nassar case likely weighed on her performance. >> do you think that affected you at all this time around? >> reporter: now that i think of it, maybe, in the back of my head probably, yes. there are certain triggers that you don't even know. >> reporter: while usa gymnastics has faced sharp criticism in v for their roles in the nassar case, this morning congress is looking into missteps by the fbi. a scathing report issued by the bureau's inspector

eastern olympic world champion gymnast simone biles, michaela maroni, maggie nichols testified beforeate judiciary committee on the fbi's handling of its investigation into larry nassar, , the former usa gymnastics position and convicted sex offender. the hearing comes after the fbi inspector general found the agency failed to properly investigate reports that he was assaulting young athletes. inspector general michael horowitz and fbi director christopher wray will also appear before the committee. watch our live coverage wednesday on c-span, online at c-span.org or listen on the c-span radio app. >> c-spanshop.org is a c-span's online store. there is a collection of c-span products, browse to see what's new. your purchase will support our nonprofit operations and your time to order the congressional directory with contact information from memories of congress and the biden administration. go to c-spanshop.org.

maroni. >> you have to push the button on your microphone. >> are we on? durbin, ranking member grassley and members of the judiciary committee for inviting me to speak. as most of you are probably aware, i was molested by larry nassar. in actuality, he turned out to be more of a pedophile than he was a doctor. what i'm trying to bring to your attention today is something incredibly disturbing and illegal. after telling my entire story of abuse to the fbi in the summer of 2015, not only did the fbi not report my abuse, but when they eventually documented my report, 17 months later, they made entirely false claims about what i said. after reading the office of inspector general's oig report i was shocked and deeply disappointed as this narrative they chose to fabricate. they chose to lie about what i said and protect a serial child molester rather than protect not only me, but countless others. my story is one in which special agent in charge jay abbott and his subordinates did not want you do hear, and it's time that i tell you. in the summer of 2015, like

. >> tearful testimony today from olympic super star simone biles, alli riseman, mckay la maroni and maddy nichols as they told members of the senate judiciary committee how the fbi failed them when they tried to report sexual abuse by u.s.a. gymnastics team doctor larry nassar. tears turned into anger when department of justice officials who can actually bring charges didn't turn up. >> deputy attorney general lisa monaco couldn't even bring herself to be here today. it is the department of justice's job to hold them accountable. >> several senators also took issue with doj's no show. >> it is outrageous when we asked them to bring someone in to explain this today, they refused. >> the comments come as lawmakers dig into a scathing department of justice report in june, which revealed the indianapolis fbi office botched the case by failing to respond with urgency, falsifying statements, and failing to notify state or local authorities. the report found led to a year long delay that ultimately allowed nassar to abuse dozens of more girls. >> this man is on the loose molesting children

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