A U.S. senator on Wednesday demanded to know why two FBI special agents were not prosecuted for mishandling an investigation into convicted sex offender Larry Nassar, the former doctor of the USA Gymnastics national team.
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) wrote to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland in relation to the Department of Justice (DOJ) refusing to charge the two federal agents involved in investigating sexual abuse claims from Olympic athletes against Nassar.
Wicker’s letter comes after a 2021 report by the DOJ’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that the two FBI officials lied during their interviews to cover up or minimize their errors and gave false statements to the media….