Although Nassar was sentenced to prison in 2018, his victims took the opportunity to testify and claim the negligence of the US system and authorities, which allowed the situation to continue many years after the first alert in 2015. Design: Gabriela Navarro
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The gymnasts abused by Larry Nassar demand answers and action before the Senate. Biden fully trusts General Mark Milley despite his calls with China. Newsom is saved from recall thanks to his 4 word alert. 56% of Americans believe that democracy is “under attack.”
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“They have failed us and we deserve answers”: American gymnasts Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman and Maggie Nichols appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee after months of the Justice Department’s inspector general released a report detailing the failures of the FBI Indianapolis office to respond to and investigate allegations of sexual abuse – mostly of minors – made against Dr. Larry Nassar, who was part of the US Gymnastics team and the National Olympic Committee. The agency found that FBI officials did not follow up on allegations made against Nassar, and made false and misleading statements in documents and in describing their actions to the inspector general. Although the abuser was sentenced to prison in 2018, his victims took the opportunity to testify and claim the negligence of the US system and authorities, which allowed the situation to continue many years after the first alert in 2015.
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- Biles, who is considered the best gymnast in the world and the star of Team USA, was one of Nassar’s victims. The athlete demanded that the FBI officials responsible for handling the case face the consequences to allow a sexual abuser to continue committing crimes. In addition to the FBI’s failings, he said that USA Gymnastics and the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee “knew that their team’s official doctor abused me long before I was aware of his knowledge.”
- One of the most grotesque and emotional testimonies It was McKayla Maroney’s, a member of the gymnastics team who went to London 2012. In her remarks, she revealed that she was the victim who contacted the FBI in 2015 and told senators about one of the many occasions she was abused by Nassar. I was 15 when it happened. “After telling my entire abuse story to the FBI in the summer of 2015, not only did they not report my abuse, but when they finally documented the report 17 months later, they made completely false claims about what I said,” he claimed.
- Biles and Maroney were joined by Aly Raisman, who won gold medals alongside them on the 2012 and 2016 Olympic teams, and gymnast Maggie Nichols. Raisman told senators he is “disgusted” that they are still seeking answers 6 years after the original allegations were reported. She also highlighted that sexual abuse has had a traumatic effect on all victims, an idea that Biles also included in her testimony to explain her mental health difficulties that forced her to be absent momentarily from Tokyo 2020.
- El director del FBI, Christopher Wray, apologized to the victims of Nassar for his agency’s negligence in the investigation: “I’m sorry that so many people have let you down over and over again, and I’m especially sorry that there are people in the FBI who had their own chance to stop this monster in 2015 and failed. That’s unforgivable, it should never have happened, and we’re doing everything we can to make sure it never happens again. “
- Earlier this month, USA Gymnastics and a court-appointed committee representing the Nassar victims presented a joint plan which includes a $ 425 million settlement to compensate approximately 500 gymnasts who were abused by the doctor. The plan, presented to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana, would put an end to the avalanche of lawsuits against the federation in relation to this case.
Today on Capitoll Hill:
1. Biden claimed to have “complete confidence” in General Mark Milley to continue as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, after a book revealed that the military man contacted his Chinese counterpart twice to assure him that the United States would not attack the Asian country during the last months of the Trump administration . Although several Republican representatives have demanded Milley’s resignation, White House press secretary Jen Psaki justified her actions as a way to maintain stability despite Trump’s “erratic behavior.”
2. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig they urged the main congressmen House Democrats to help the government crack down on tax cheating. In a letter to Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, they reiterated the importance of approving an increase in funding for the IRS and new bank reporting requirements designed to target wealthy Americans who shirk their tax obligations.
3. The Justice Department filed an emergency motion before the district court of Austin, Texas, to request a temporary restraining order or a preliminary injunction for the law that prevents abortion after 6 weeks of gestation. In its complaint, the department argued that the measure prevents women from “exercising their constitutional rights” and that its request is necessary to “protect the sovereign interests of the United States.”
You must know:
- California Governor Gavin Newsom, won the recall election that he sought to remove him, and some presume that, behind his success, was an email with a short warning: “This recall is tight.” The prayer, included in a fundraising message, was the necessary warning to wake up the Democratic base to the prospect of having a Republican governor again after 15 years. Newsom incorporated the idea into his speeches to prevent enthusiasm from waning, and the change paid off: Incomplete results showed he was heading for a landslide victory with roughly 65% of the vote. This story of overcoming will surely be included in his speeches for a re-election in 2022.
- House Democrats have spent the last 2 elections celebrating traditionally Republican districts that had become competitive. Now the Republican state legislatures are ready to make them disappear through redistribution. GOP cartographers are preparing to remove more than a dozen of the most controversial districts of the last 4 years to close the chances of a Democratic victory in the midterms, which are historically difficult for the party in power. All the measures will boost the chances of shifting control of the House, and top Democratic strategists are well aware of the headwinds.
Before you leave:
- Democracy at risk? 56% of Americans think that the country’s democracy is “under attack” and 51% believe it is likely that elected officials could falsify the results of future elections just because their party did not win, according to a CNN poll. The poll showed that the majority of those who share these ideas identify as Republicans and support Trump as leader of the GOP.
- Regressive rights. Republican lawmakers in more than half the US states are removing, temporarily or permanently, the powers used by state and local officials to protect citizens from infectious diseases since the onset of the pandemic. An informant from Kaiser Health News found that at least 26 states passed laws that permanently weaken the government’s authority to protect public health.
- Dangerous relationships. The government helped Tesla develop electric cars. Now he’s helping Detroit, and Elon Musk doesn’t like it. Read this article from the Washington Post, translated by El Tiempo Latino.
- The race against Beijing. The European Union is proposing a new infrastructure program that will compete with China. What is the OBJETIVE? Rival the political and economic clout that Beijing has garnered with its Belt and Road initiative. This is an article by our partner Financial Times, translated by El Tiempo Latino.
- No es Fake. If you saw the gory images on Faroe Island, well it is true: 1,400 dolphins were killed, the largest hunt recorded in that area, as part of a tradition known as grindadrap. Although hunting is legal, even supporters of this practice They were annoying.
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