Politics & Government
Penn State Appoints Former FBI Director to Lead Internal Investigation
Former FBI director Louis Freeh was named today to oversee the board of trustees' internal investigation into sex abuse allegations at PSU.
According to 6ABC Action News, the Penn State board of trustees have named Former FBI director Louis Freeh to head their internal invstigation into the allegations of sexual abuse against children that have rocked the school in the last few weeks.
Freh said his investigation will go back to 1975, much furhter than the grand jury investigation that issued a report earlier in November.
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"We will immediately report any evidence of criminality to law enforcement authorities," said Freeh.
The college faced criticism after originally announcing that its internal investigation would be led by two university trustees – Kenneth Frazier, CEO of Merck, and Ronald Tomalis, Education Secretary for Pennsylvania.
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Freeh has no ties to Penn State and has already compiled a team of former FBI agents, federal prosecutors and others who are reading the grand jury report and looking at additional records.
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