steve penney arranged with the fbi to conduct my interview at the olympic training center where i was under the control and observation of usa gymnastics and the united states olympic and paralympic committee. the day of my interview steve penney flew to the olympic training center and he made sure i was aware he was there. i felt pressured by the fbi to consent to nassar's plea deal. the agent diminished the significance of my abuse and made me feel my criminal case wasn't worth pursuing. special agent in charge of investigating nassar met steve penney for beers to discuss job opportunities in the olympic movement. another fbi agent worked with steve penney to determine jurisdiction without interviews the survivors. i watched multiple high ranking officials at usag, usopc and fbi resign or retire without explanation of how they may have contributed to the problem, some of whom were publicly thanked for their service and rewarded with severance or bonus money. my reports of abuse were not only buried by usag usopc, but federal law enforcement officer failed to follow their most basic

well, from the very beginning when i was reporting my abuse to steve penney, from the very beginning, penney kept telling my mom and i that the most important thing was to keep things confidential, the most important thing was, know, to give mckayla maroney breathing room, that we weren't talking about it it seemed his biggest concern that it wasn't going to get out. never how are you feeling? what can we do to help you i remember one time i asked steve penney, just making sure that nassar wasn't going to be at a competition and steve penney said something back like, can you just sign your agreement already? like it was -- there was never any concern for how we were doing, and it's the same feeling with the fbi i followed up so many times. my mom would follow-up i was -- so triggering to me i was so afraid. so my mom has been a warrior and big support system for me and kept following up asking if the fbi would interview me and always told i'm working on it, i'll get it to you don't worry about it i'm handling it. unfortunately we thought gymnastics usa was doing the right thing. so th

situation where at least two fbi agents engaged in corrupt behavior, having dinner and drinks with steve penneye asking the question of what needs to be happening with criminal charges and how we help those over 100 little girls molested after the fbi knew exactly what was going on and chose not to investigate it. but we have to start asking what does accountability look like in the bigger picture? because the reality is what we saw in the senate hearings just a couple days ago, that's a story almost every sexual assault victim would tell you who tries to report. it's very difficult to get law enforcement and prosecutors to take sexual assault seriously. and that's why we have a situation where on average out of 300 reports to police, only 16 go to jail. sexual assault victims are fighting the justice system as well. >> to that point, i want you to take a listen to this moment from this week's testimony from mckayla maroney, detailing a 2015 phone call she had with an fbi agent. take a listen. >> i began crying at the memory over the phone and there was just dead silence. i was so shocked at th

the fbi, jay abbott and his subordinate, steve penney, usa gymnastics, u.s. olympic and paralympic committees. the burden is ours in the u.s. senate to see that there is a full investigation, that there's personal accountability and institutional accountability for abuse, enablement of abuse, neglectful and improper law enforcement conduct and i think compelling evidence of potential obstruction of justice and official corruption in this case as well. so thank you again for your testimony. i'll make sure that each of you and your families' representatives have contact information for me and my office and continue to work with my colleagues to ensure that justice is done. thank you. >> thank you, senator osoff. miss biles, miss maroni, miss nichols, thanks for your testimony today. it was historic and it will make a difference in the lives of many people who are witnessing it. you don't have to wait for the judges to put numbers up on the board. you all were gold medallists today in the cause of justice. so thank you for joining us. you're discussed. >> thank