Senators Press FBI Director Over Failures in Child Abuse Investigations

An FBI seal is seen on a wall on Aug. 10, 2022, in Omaha, Neb. A Pakistani national residing in Ontario and arrested in Quebec last week over an alleged Islamic State terror plot to kill Jewish people in New York City has a court appearance today in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Charlie Neibergall

Republican senators pushed for more information from FBI Director Christopher Wray on the agency’s improper handling of child sexual abuse cases.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Wray on Oct. 10 regarding allegations that the FBI has not taken sexual misconduct accusations seriously. Grassley said the FBI and the Department of Justice had failed to produce information that he had requested two years ago.