In 2021 the DOJ Inspector General released an absolutely damning investigation of FBI conduct in the rape and sexual assault of U.S. Gymnasts. The IG report revealed how FBI agents facilitated Larry Nassar’s sex crimes by taking no action despite numerous witness statements to them.
Worse yet, the FBI never reported evidence of the sexual assaults to local law enforcement – and to top it off, the FBI agents lied during the investigation of their conduct. The DOJ under AG Bill Barr refused to prosecute the FBI liars, but today the DOJ gave the gymnasts $138 million, bringing the total lawsuit settlement to over a billion dollars.
Michigan State University gave $500 million to more than 300 women and girls who were assaulted. USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee settled for $380 million, and today the DOJ settled for $138 million. No one in the FBI was ever held accountable.
DETROIT — The U.S. Justice Department announced a $138.7 million settlement Tuesday with more than 100 people who accused the FBI of grossly mishandling allegations of sexual assault against Larry Nassar in 2015 and 2016, a critical time gap that allowed the sports doctor to continue to prey on victims before his arrest.
When combined with other settlements, $1 billion now has been set aside by various organizations to compensate hundreds of women who said Nassar assaulted them under the guise of treatment for sports injuries. (read more)
Inspector General Report HERE
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 even though it questioned whether there was federal jurisdiction to pursue them. As a result, the Lansing Resident Agency did not learn of the Nassar allegations until over a year after they were first reported to the FBI and then learned of them only from the MSUPD.
Moreover, the FBI conducted no investigative activity in the matter for more than 8 months following the September 2015 interview. During that period of time, as alleged and detailed in numerous civil complaints, Nassar’s sexual assaults continued.” (read full report)
Obviously those mentioned in the IG’s ‘four recommendations’ must be terminated, however, a far more impactful response would be to cut the FBI’s budget by the sum total of the payout with across the board salary reductions. When they all suffer they’ll start to turn on the bad apples.
Just dfund them—totally!
But oh, no lets give them a NEW building, larger than the Pentagon!
If you reward good brhavior, and punish bad, you get good behavior,…
And vice versa. This case, as bad as it is is hardly any isolated incidence. From Whitey Bulger, to the Olympic bombing and anthrax letters, to all of the Cases initially developed by local and,State LEO’s that the FBI took over and promptly buried,..and all of the poor, dumb shmoes set up entrapped into being fake terrorists, all to justify FISA reauthorisation,…we need to shut it down, not reward it with a new headquarters.
IMO, the FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C. should be closed entirely, de-centralizing their operations to State offices, only.
“Obviously” Clinesmith would have been terminated (and disbarred). So no, not “obviously”, but “sadly protected.”
Although I want to see this agency completely defunded another thought that occurred to me was they should take all present and future court settlements from the cost of the new headquarters that should never have been approved by Congress. It won’t take long until they can only afford a basement. 🤷♀️
No. Take it from their retirement and benefits.
Take it from both and use the “second” payment to work on the national debt!
Congress is always going to fund their bosses.
Congress is always going to fund their
bosses.blackmailers.Bad apples??
The whole apple tree has kanker.(Wood cancer)
The second-level outrage to incidents of this nature is most of the institutions charged and paying out money use TAXPAYER FUNDS and the offending individuals still draw a fat paycheck, have their total retirement intact and see no adverse consequences. The institution did not do the crime; the individual did! The Taxpayer gets violated as much as the victims, and the real offenders see absolutely no consequence. THAT IS NOT RIGHT!
More amendments for constitution 2.0.
Yeah the government doesn’t have any money. They use ours.
“No one in the FBI was ever held accountable.”
Well, what for? It’s just taxpayer money.
-Chris Wray
Yet RINO’s in Congress were more than willing to reward them with a massive new office.
That big huge new FBI headquarters was approved by Trump, probably attempting to buy influence.
Hang on, wasn’t Trump in favour of sending them to middle America, Oklahoma City to be exact. Feb 2020.
Juno Alaska with a hand radio is where they should all be.
Most of the Politicians are compromised before they get to power or they are afterwards. Thank you FBI.
Zero accountability. That way the corruption continues.
And by the way….why do we need the FBI?
We don’t need the FIB.
Defending the indefensible, ignoring the depraved and desperately trying in vain to bury truth requires adherents of profound evil.
Notice no prosecutions of the agents for lieing, no 1001 prosecutions; if a citisen lies to a federal agent (FBI) they can be prosecuted and sent to prison for THAT ALONE, even if there is no underlieing crime.
But, when these agents lied, to cover up underlieing crimes, they were not charged with 1001, or Obstructiin of Justice or,..apperently anything.
p.s. NEVER talk to the FBI,…..NEVER.
FBI is just for people who can’t spell CIA.
Mentally it’s now CYA. Cover your ass.
Imagine the looks on the faces of the founding fathers if someone had stood up at the Constitutional Convention and said, “You know guys, what this republic really needs is a FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION!!”
The Constitution is a contract listing the limited powers delineated to the 3 branches of Government, and saying all others are reserved to the States and the people.
They certainly were aware of Police powers, and COULD have delineated them to the Executive; they did NOT.
Hence, reserved to the States, there should be no DEA, IRS, FBI, Treasury Agents, etc.
If only State’s Legislatures could strip the sovereign immunity of federal officers operating under the color of law.
One might reasonably asssert that a State criminal statute is the governing law, because there are generally no federal statutes which governs these type of crimes. The supremacy clause likely applies to forgein policy, interstate commerce, coinage and similar speciied activities, but my guess is that State law takes precidence over any claim of Federal sovergn immunity. Just my non-legal opinion.
If Nasser was convisted under state law, then any cover-up of his crimes would be governed by similar state statutes.Take these jokers to a grand jury.
Could and would are two different things.
Are there any State AG’s that would bring this up?
States have been dormant for far too long in asserting their authority where it would justifiably have the sole and or original jurisdiction.
The state legislatures can with an Article V Amendatory Convention of the States. That is their constitutional role.
No such Convention is neccesary, in order for States to assert their authority where they have sole or jurisdictional authority.
The 10A is quite clear, and R.F. BURNS is exactly correct they have not acted to defend their, and We, the Peoples soveriegnity for far too long.
Fortunately, there is no time limit, after which they lose the right to petition in Federal Courts, with fast track to SCOTUS, and a decision ruling for ONE State, and against the Feds, applies to ALL States.
In part, because OF that, the Fed. Gov. will threaten and bluster, but often back down in order to avoid losing in Court, and having the power clipped nationwide.
States began to decriminalise MJ (not that I approve) and DEA blustered and threatened and did nothing.
During Covid, ONE State declared Ivermectine OTC, and the Feds did NOTHING.
Because actually the Fed, and FDA has ZERO authority to enforce laws regarding Medical care, including regulating substances, or public health.
Similarly, PDJT wanted to punish “sanctuary cities/States” but found there is actually little he can do. Again I don’t approve, but the point is the Fed. Gov. has become an authoritarian nightmare because our State Governments and WE, the People have allowed it.
We CAN challenge it, and can elect State Governments that will understand the importance and priority of asserting State rights and authorities.
No.
No Convention of Destroy The Constitution.
Enforce the multitude of laws already in place.
We are led to believe that one guy was allowed to do this because he got great results and he seemed like a good guy. Hundreds complained but all overlooked because the program came first. And the FBI just did not want to get involved.
NO! This could only happen because thousands of high society perverts had access and thousands of blackmailers were profiting. Does anyone think that there was only one guilty person? Videos? Politicians?
And where were the stupid ass parents? Evil like this only flourishes with lots of participants.
There was probably a panel study that showed Americans would be satisfied if the payout was $1B.
Parents with dreams of ‘gold medals’ for their offspring.
What could possibly be the explanation? 0’Bama protecting his R0P brother?
100’drs. assualted. OK, we have a human resource problem. Who is doing the hiring at these government agencies.
They knew this guy was assaulting children in the 1990’s. So, what do you say about people who’s job it is to investigate these assaults but did not, you investigate them to see if they are committing the same crimes. Demonic comes to mind when it comes to our government and those that work for it!
Do we seriously believe GOD will not punish our country for it’s Sins.
It can be argued he is right now.
Hey, I will let them sexual abuse me for 2 M.
They were working the big kidnapping case, which was more important. Give them a break.
Everyone wants to be a victim.
Sad story for the girls, but almost a B dollars.
attorneys get about 40%. Taxes on full amount are payed by the plaintiff. 1B-400K-300K in taxes. Doesnt look like so much money now. And who is paying ? the U.S. taxpayer?
In some cases it is not taxable.
“After you collect a settlement, the IRS typically regards that money as income, and taxes it accordingly. However, every rule has exceptions. The IRS generally does not tax award settlements for personal injury cases. ”
Is the government going to pay the families killed by illegals? I really struggled with the 911 payments. People are killed everyday and are not compensated, yet “special” cases are.
Serious question: I am under the impression that there was no rape and the word is being used loosely to heighten the anger. Not saying there was no sexual assault or that the guy was innocent I’m simply saying that from what I understand there was no rape. Which is why it made the charging and prosecution so difficult that is until they decided to call the sexual assault rape and that made the media hype that charge and that is how they got him and sent him up to die.
The DOJ in 2012 defined rape as the penetration of a person by another person who uses any body part or object. Therefore a person can commit a rape using a finger, broomstick, gun, or more.
It is not the tool used. It is the violation committed against the victim. I bet not one victim cares about what weapon is being used to degrade them but cares more about the loss of body autonomy.
He was digitally penetrated these girls repeatedly. That is rape.
The failed investigation into Nasser was 2015.
Miss Lewinsky has joined the chat…
So essentially you agree that in fact there was no rape. AND that the word rape was dumbed down to include everything. Thank you for that. Now perhaps you will deal with the death sentence he was given, because they knew putting him in gen pop was a death sentence
Plin….
Oh eff it. Here goes a whole dollar.
🙄👻💩💩💩
It sounds like Agent Abbott was willing to look the other way in exchange for a job on the US Olympic committee.
Disgusting. So many people are willing to destroy the lives of others just as long as they get what they want.
Our government never holds any wrong doers accountable,
The entire cop community (which includes The US Intel Community and an army of military reserves) is notoriously indifferent and criminally apathetic when it comes to civil rights violations. Believe, I’ve had an illegal stalking campaign run against me since 1985, and I’ve never heard one word from the shameless, bozo, scum known as The FBI-DOJ.
And, when I sought to “petition my government for a redress of grievances” my attorneys were targeted for torture, murder, stalking. There has been no curiosity about these facts at the local level up to the federal level. This is how Addington’s “Unitary Executive Branch Theory of Presidential Powers” operates. Obama kept Mueller and did not budge when Holder questioned the denial of Sixth Amendment rights (“First thing you do is, Kill all The Lawyers”).
The Surveillance State has not been fully exposed. There are layers of illegal surveillance leaving the local Commie Community Gang Stalkers (DOJ calls it Community Policing) reacting to cherry picked suspicion. You don’t want to be targeted in Amerika. The contractors surveillance will make millions of dollars at your expense…and you won’t see a shred of concern from the so called authorities. Even the local Sheriff looked the other way at his pals (citizen “eyes and ears”) coming on our property at night to kill my favorite cat (Mauser) followed by abusing my other cat (Blackie-Midnight). This was after the Commie Community Policemen hunted rabbits on our property and left their dead headless bodies in my front yard. This was done after the surveillance reviewed my private statements in my home espousing my hobby of feeding our wild rabbits. They will stoop to killing family pets as part of their FBI sponsored and protected stalking programs.
Don’t worry folks, Chris Wray pinky promises that everyone will be retrained and he’s really, really, really sorry.
Did AG Merrick Garland finally do something useful? Even a broken clock…
Kind of a shiv to the past AG Barr also.
May THIS (rather than Monday-morning quarterbacking Trump) be his epitaph.
Well, remember that Barr also did not see any voting irregularities, so maybe he just needs new glasses. Then the country would be great again, everything could be straightened out. This is the ultimate “nothing to see here; move along.” Maybe Barr needs to be downgraded.
Wrong. It’s us who have paid out and we continue getting financially raped by these MF’ers.
Wasn’t the FBI agent trying to leverage the information to get a spot on the Olympic committee ?? Sick, corrupt and perverted. What a bunch
CAN’T CITIZENS SUE THE FIB???
In the American justice system raping and/or sexually assaulting over 300 girls/women is equivalent to Alex Jones saying some unsavory things. Rounds out to about 1 billion dollars in penalties.
Who am I kidding?
America no longer has a justice system.
Larry probably has to kick-back $100M to the big-guy for services rendered.
No amount of money is going fix those girls being betrayed so many times over. The knife cuts deep. I am glad they are at least getting something. Maybe one day there will be justice in our land again.
I identify as Assaulted by Nassar. Where do I line up at?
It isn’t funny. Moron.
Hundreds of little girls were victimized over and over by the people they trusted.
Afterward they were victimized by the very forces meant to protect them.
No amount of money will repair the trauma internalized by these girls.
I weep and pray for them.
Bill Barr the honest and upstanding moral Conservative who always had Trump’s back. What else was he in charge of.
These poor girls. Trauma like this never goes away. SA is so often someone you know; priests, uncles, cousins, coaches, brothers friends, even fathers and grandfathers.
Someone on here said on another post something to the effect that it’s the victims fault for putting herself in the wrong environment to make SA easier. I found that sickening. Church is the wrong environment? Home is the wrong environment? School is the wrong environment? Predators are everywhere and they are quite often people of recognition and in a position of trust. Be vigilant. Stay aware. Protect our children.
Sickening
The police/fbi interviews of Nassar are still up on you tube. The officer nods in agreement as Nassar explains how he can heal knee injuries vaginally. Seriously, that’s what he claimed.
And Nassar’s not the only one. He would bring in other “doctors” during these “exams and treatments” to show and teach them his methods.
Well some doc say they can heal with a vent too.
The most shocking statement in this article: No one in the FBI was ever held accountable.
This alone, is good enough reason to boot Christopher Wray as head of the FBI
and never let him ever come near another government job.
What is your penalty if you make false statements to the FBI?
– Federal prison
What is their penalty if the FBI makes false statements to you?
– Federal pension
If President Trump doesn’t get restored to the White House and disband this disaster then you can imagine how things will go from then on.
And the taxpayers get stuck with the bill
It’s that dang 99% again!
interesting…..we are expected to think that the FBI paid for their crimes with a huge fine, whatever.
NO! We taxpayers paid for their crimes.
When are the so called journalists going to continuously make that point?
When are the readers of the articles, etc. going to get that point?
Correction: We the People are paying these victims the money. The DOJ only gets money from taxpayers.
They should get some but some heads should roll at the FBI over this injustice.
Once again, the taxpayer and his/her grandchildren and great-grandchildren are paying for illegal behavior by these employees who have guaranteed jobs thanks to the EOs of Obama and Biden. Of course they wrote the EOs to protect them, they are the ones who weaponized the FBI against rational and reasonable American citizens. They are the ones who can tell us about “threats” but don’t have the manly body parts to tell us it is the illegal alien invaders and then go try to stop them.
Sean Hannity used to babble on about the 95% of good and honest agents. Sorry Sean, if they are good and honest they don’t sit back on their haunches and let this stuff happen without blowing a whistle much less become a party to it. Those that they kept in the FBI are just as complicit in all of this illegality as those blackmailing them! It only takes a couple of honest agents, not an army. Where are they Sean? 1% of the FBI could cause this house of CRT/DEI/LIE/DS/Lawfare cards to collapse faster than the Twin Towers. 1%. Maybe even less. How many have come forward? Closer to 0%. Much closer. The dimwit pictured above is the worst of the bunch too. He has allowed it. Comey’s b**ch.
The DOJ didn’t pay anyone a dime. We taxpayers do all the paying. Nobody in the FBI’s employ will loose a dime.
Exactly. The headline is incorrect. It should read, “Taxpayers forced to indemnify the criminal behavior of the FIB by the corrupt DOJ”.
And why did the FBI film Joran Van der Sloot counting out the money he received from Beth Holloway in exchange for showing her where Natalie’s body was–and then the FBI did nothing–didn’t arrest him at all. They stayed on in Aruba for 10 more days while Van der Sloot gave them the slip and left the country; went to Peru???
What a crooked, botched agency. Should be disbanded.
Bill Barr is a waste of a good Boston Creme Pie.
Past is prologue? Consider the infamous and forgotten Omaha Pederast-Boys Town scandal that reached to Bush 41’s White House. You didn’t hear a peep from mainstream media. Caradori was hired to investigate by Nebr. legislature, got whacked flying his airplane with his son. The Omaha PD Chief, Bob Wadman was involved. It’s something to think about when you realize Omaha FBI did all they could to follow orders by harassing crime victims:
https://themillenniumreport.com/2017/01/child-sex-trafficking-and-satanic-ritual-abuse-tied-to-white-house/
https://constantinereport.com/robert-wadmans-perjury-party/
https://mediamonarchy.com/satanic-ritual-abuse-child-trafficking-and-murder-in-omaha-ne/
And Speaker Johnson is building the FBI a new headquarters the size of the Pentagon
We live in a nation where EVIL is rewarded and good is punished
Pentagon is note that big.
DOJ paid NOTHING
They were merely the vessel by which OUR tax dollars were funneled to this pervert’s victim
And how many agents were prosecuted?
Fired?
Given a stern talking to?
Don’t worry folks. MAGA Mike Johnson will make sure the FBI budget is 138 million higher than the previous budget.
And No one at the FBI will ever be held accountable for this or any other criminal enterprise they’re involved in.
Tell me more about this “rank and file” person in the FBI?
Can anyone see what’s wrong with this picture? Here’s the painful truth, your suffering is for sale. If enough money is thrown at the plebes, it doesn’t matter what kind of suffering they have gone through, they’ll go away. Never holding all who actively or passively participated accountable for their actions. We need to reset our thinking.
Your FBI “rank and file” ladies and gentlemen…
The organization cannot be reformed. It must be disbanded.
Why are US Taxpayers on the hook for this? How about taking it out of the salaries and pensions of the perpetrators?
TAXPAYERS paid the gymnasts. Whenever ANY government agency, or government employees, f… up (which is NONSTOP), they are NOT held personally financially responsible. They might lose their jobs but many times not. And the taxpayers pay the damage. Another wonderful facet regarding our evil bloated incompetent so called government.
Close FBI completely.
Maybe spin off FBI labs and scientific evidence department. Maybe.
After the new and improvied Bidenized Title IX comes into effect, the women involved in this case could be sued for harassing Coach Nassar – just being a physically-endowed woman will be enough to get one busted by today’s Democrat-controlled justice system.
The FBI lied? I’m shocked.
The FBI is the premier law enforcement organization in America.
Bah, what a huge load of Bravor Sierra.