Simone Biles and Aly Raisman testify before Senate on Nassar investigation – live updates

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Olympic gold medalists give evidence to Senate Judiciary Committee on FBI failures around sexual abuse complaints against disgraced sports doctor 3.46pm BST Durbin explains that each witness will have five minutes to give their testimony followed by one minute of questioning by each sitting committee member. Simone Biles will be first to give her statement. 3.44pm BST “Early in our meeting with the survivors, one of them asked the question and it has stuck with me since then since the very beginning of our investigation three and a half years ago, and the question was: Why was there more than one of us?” Kansas senator Jerry Moran says. “I do not know how to answer that question. I do not know a human being that I would not expect to report, if someone told them they were being abused to report to law enforcement, to officials, and yet time and time again, no one accepted that responsibility for these young women.“Why was there more than one? And most recently we learned even the Federal Bureau of Investigation belongs on the list of those who failed in their responsibility, allowing for there to be more than one. More than dozens.” Continue reading...

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