Biles, Raisman among gymnasts to testify before Congress

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Simone Biles, of United States, walks adjacent the level workout during women's gymnastics podium grooming astatine the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 22, 2021, successful Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

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and past updated 2021-09-13 22:01:28-04

Gymnasts Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, McKayla Maroney, and Maggie Nichols are scheduled to attest earlier the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday.

The committee is examining the Inspector General’s study connected the FBI’s handling of the Larry Nassar investigation.

“The FBI’s nonaccomplishment to analyse Larry Nassar allowed astatine slightest 70 young women to beryllium assaulted by him,” said Sen. Diane Feinstein. “No 1 should person to endure the horrors these young women suffered through.”

The study says FBI officials failed to decently papers the accusers' complaints, which resulted successful a hold successful the probe.

Nassar pleaded blameworthy to abusing dozens of women and girls implicit a 20-year play was serving arsenic the squad doc for USA Gymnastics.

He was sentenced to much than 200 years successful national prison.

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