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McClatchy Washington Bureau
McClatchy Washington Bureau
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Bryan Lowry

'A moment of reckoning.' Senators release Olympic abuse investigation, propose reform

WASHINGTON _ After an 18-month Senate investigation found the U.S. Olympic Committee failed to protect athletes from sexual abuse, a pair of senators wants to empower Congress to dissolve the committee.

Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, released Tuesday the results of their investigation, which found widespread failure by the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and other institutions to keep athletes safe.

The investigation was launched in 2016 in the wake of The Indianapolis Star's reporting on sexual abuse allegations against Larry Nassar, the USA Gymnastics team doctor. Nassar was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison last year after several former members of Team USA came forward about sexual abuse.

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