Sexual assault survivors seek $1B from FBI over failure to investigate Nassar allegations

The big picture: Gymnasts, including McKayla Maroney, Simone Biles, Aly Raisman and Maggie Nichols, are collectively seeking more than $1 billion in damages.

• “My fellow survivors and I were betrayed by every institution that was supposed to protect us — the U.S. Olympic Committee, U.S.A. Gymnastics, the F.B.I. and now the Department of Justice,” Maroney said in a statement Wednesday, per the New York Times.
• “It is clear that the only path to justice and healing is through the legal process,” she added.

State of play: Nassar was sentenced to 40–175 years in prison in 2018 after 160 women accused him of sexually abusing them under the pretense of medical treatment.

• Last summer, the FBI's inspector general issued a scathing report highlighting the "numerous and fundamental errors" in how the bureau handled its investigation into Nassar.
• In September, FBI Director Christopher Wray formally apologized to survivors for the agency's mishandling of the investigation.
• Last month, 13 sexual assault survivors abused by Nassar filed claims against the FBI totaling $130 million over its mishandling of the case.