When it doesn’t interest them, they will slow-walk the case. That’s just how the Deep State and their agenda, even at the cost of the endangerment of hundreds of children.
Years after the controversial Larry Nassar case, the Justice Department watchdog on Thursday blasted the FBI for still failing to probe reports of child sexual abuse.
According to Inspector General Michael Horowitz, they flagged at least 42 cases of child sex abuse that required immediate response, but the FBI failed to receive it. One reported victim had been continuously abused for 15 months after the initial report.
The Office of the Inspector General audited 327 incidents out of 3,925 cases opened by the FBI that allegedly involved “hands-on sex offense against a child or similar offense.”
“Specifically, we found no evidence that FBI employees complied with mandatory reporting requirements to SLTT law enforcement in 47 percent of the incidents we reviewed or to social services agencies in 50 percent of incidents we reviewed,” according to the OIG report.
“Of the reports that were made, we found that only 43 percent were made within 24 hours, as required by FBI policy.”
The report highlighted that the FBI failed to resolve its earlier issues by failing to investigate reported cases, not informing local law enforcement regarding reports of abuse, and failing to follow its policies.
Based on the OIG’s findings, one of the factors was the lack of staffing.
FBI agents were handling multiple cases, with several officials noting they lacked resources to investigate the reports. One agent shared they were handling 60 cases, leading some of the reports to “fall through the cracks.”
“Today’s report found that since the time it received allegations against Nassar, the FBI has implemented training, policy updates, and system changes to improve its handling of allegations of crimes against children,” Horowitz said in a letter along with the report.
“However, we identified numerous instances where the FBI didn’t appropriately respond to such allegations.”
Meanwhile, the FBI countered the report and asserted that they adopted a new approach.
“We’ve made mistakes, and we recognize that, and we’re making efforts to ensure that those don’t happen,” a senior FBI official remarked during a discussion with the media before the report was published.
Furthermore, the FBI agreed with all 11 recommendations sent by the OIG and resolved two of the concerns while the report was finalized.
The report was published three years after the FBI failed to investigate abuses committed by Larry Nassar, former USA Gymnastics physician. At least 100 athletes, including Olympic gold medalists Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, and Aly Raisman, fell into the hands of the abuser.
