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Richard Blumenthal: “Not only was Nassar the immediate perpetrator of this unspeakably cruel and brutal criminal conduct, but also all of the…”

On the recordJuly 23, 2018
Not only was Nassar the immediate perpetrator of this unspeakably cruel and brutal criminal conduct, but also all of the organizations and individuals who were complicit by their silence or by their looking the other way, which was much easier to do.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal emphasized the complicity of organizations in the abuse scandal.

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