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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

No charges for agents in botched Larry Nassar probe

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

The U.S. Justice Department said Thursday it will not pursue criminal charges against former FBI agents who failed to quickly open an investigation of sports doctor Larry Nassar despite learning in 2015 that he was accused of sexually assaulting female gymnasts.

The agency's inspector general found that two former agents likely provided “inaccurate or incomplete information" when investigators subsequently tried to understand what happened, but more would be needed to file charges, the department said.

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