Sen. Moran Joins Fox's Dana Perino to Discuss Ongoing US Olympic Committee Investigation
How could any human being – regardless of the position of authority they occupy – look the other way and think that they didn’t have a responsibility to report to law enforcement what they heard or what they saw?
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Let me have you listen to Senator Jeanne Shaheen,
one of your colleagues, talking about that scandal of the abuse of our gymnasts of our
nation. Listen. As we're learning, this was not a simple case
of negligence or failed oversight on the part of the US Olympic Committee, USA Gymnastics
and other institutions. There is ample evidence that many were alerted
multiple times to Nassar's behavior and they found excuses to look the other way. I know that you are very concerned about this
and you've broadened the investigation with Senator Blumenthal. What more do you hope to learn out of this? Our Commerce Committee and
the subcommittee that I chair has jurisdiction over Olympics and over sports and what we
hope to accomplish is, and what I believe we will accomplish, is what has gone wrong,
such that this kind of behavior resulting in these individuals who've been under these
terrible, tragic circumstances, how could it happen? When someone reported it, what occurred then? If no one reported it, why not? How do we prevent this from happening in the
future? How do we make sure that justice comes to
those who've suffered so much for so long? And our investigation is involved asking all
the affiliated Olympic committees, governing bodies: what did they know?When did they
know it? And while the focus of this current issue
is on gymnastics, USA gymnastics, we want to understand whether there's problems elsewhere. And again, I just don't know how any human
being, it doesn't matter what position of authority you occupy, how can any human being
look the other way and think they didn't have a responsibility to report to law enforcement
what they heard or saw? And do you have witnesses who are cooperating
and getting information to you? We have sent our investigation to all of the
governing bodies of the USA Olympics, as well as Michigan State and the US Olympic Committee,
and the responses are occurring. Alright, Senator Jerry Moran, thank you so
much. You're welcome.














