FBI Dir. Wray: FBI Agents ‘Betrayed the Core Duty that They Have, of Protecting People’

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WRAY: “But after I became FBI Director and when I learned that there were people at the FBI who had also failed these women, I was heartsick and furious. I immediately ordered a special review by our Inspection Division to try to get to the bottom of it. That review led in part to the Inspector General‘s own review, and I am grateful to Inspector General Horowitz for his team's extensive and independent work. I want to be crystal clear, the actions and inaction of the FBI employees detailed in this report are totally unacceptable. These individuals betrayed the core duty that they have, of protecting people. They failed to protect young women and girls from abuse. And the work we do certainly is often complicated and uncertain, and we will never be perfect, but the kinds of fundamental errors that were made in this case in 2015 and '16 should never have happened, period. And as long as I'm FBI Director, I am committed to doing everything in my power to make sure they never happen again. The FBI cannot carry out its vital mission of protecting the American people without trust, and in this case FBI agents, certain FBI agents broke that trust repeatedly and inexcusably, and to pretend otherwise would be yet one more insult to the survivors."