FBI chief who ignored Larry Nassar abuse claims is seen enjoying his retirement

Enjoying a comfortable retirement and a lucrative pension, this is the disgraced FBI chief who is accused of chasing a $400,000 Olympic security job instead of pursuing pedophile doctor Larry Nassar. 

William Jay Abbott, the former Special Agent in Charge of the bureau's Indianapolis field office, was alerted to Nassar's sickening abuse of young athletes in summer 2015. 

But a recent report by the Justice Department's inspector general revealed Abbott failed to take the complaint seriously or warn authorities at Michigan State University, allowing the former USA Gymnastics physician to continue molesting patients for a further 13 months.

It's estimated the 57-year-old convicted sex offender was able to target a further 70 to 120 victims before a separate complaint was made to the university's police department in August 2016. 

Nassar faces a lifetime behind bars after federal and state courts sentenced him to a maximum of 235 years in prison for preying on hundreds of women and girls, including gymnastics superstar Simone Biles. 

But there are no consequences thus far for Abbott, 60, who was lavished with praise when he retired in February 2018 and has never apologized, nor faced any criminal investigation, for his mishandling of the Nassar case. 

The Department of Justice has declined to charge the 30-year FBI veteran despite last week's publication of the scathing report which said Abbott repeatedly lied to cover up his errors. 

It was also revealed for the first time that Abbott lobbied Steve Penny, then-chief executive of USA Gymnastics, for a lucrative job with the US Olympic Committee even as they discussed Nassar's abuse.

The pair met at a bar to talk about the potential public fallout for USA Gymnastics and the possibility of 'Abbott proposing to his colleagues an FBI public statement that would place USA Gymnastics in a good light'.

'At the same time, Abbott was aware that Penny appeared willing to put in a good word on Abbott's behalf', the DOJ's Inspector General reported, blasting the agent's 'extremely poor judgement'.

DailyMail.com can reveal that the father-of-three, a fanatical cyclist, triathlete, and hot yoga devotee, wanted the committee's prestigious chief security officer role which would have put him in charge of safety for Olympic training sites across the US. 

The incumbent, Larry Buendorf - a legendary Secret Service agent best known for foiling the attempted assassination of US President Gerald Ford in 1975 by grabbing the attacker's gun - was due to retire in February 2018.

Abbott saw the 'nearly $400,000 per-year plus bonuses' role as an opportunity to 'double' his FBI pension, which is already worth several hundred thousand dollars per year, according to attorney John Manly, who represents hundreds of Nassar's victims.

'It's exactly what it looks like. Abbott sold his integrity for thirty pieces of silver and allowed at least 120 little girls to be raped by that b****rd,' Manly told DailyMail.com.

'He was allowed to retire like everyone else. He gets his pension every month. He had a very good career in the FBI. When you rise to the level of agent in charge, that's a big deal. 

'He took that power and tried to use it for his own financial gain, in my opinion. That's disgusting.

'It's like finding out you have a serial killer and you don't do anything about it because you want a job.' 

Abbott was knocked back by the Olympic Committee despite including a then-FBI Deputy Director and a US Attorney among his personal references. 

But he soon turned his attention toward replacing Penny as head of USA gymnastics after the latter resigned in disgrace in March 2017, according to the Inspector General's 109-page report. 

Abbott emailed a friend asking if there was anyone he knew who could tip off USA gymnastics to his availability as he felt it would be 'in poor taste' to ask Penny in light of the unfolding Nassar scandal. 

The shameless inquiry fizzled and Abbott retired from the FBI in January 2018, when he was praised for his 'dedicated service' in a media statement that was later scrubbed from the bureau's website.

DailyMail.com approached Abbott at his home in Carmel, an upscale Indianapolis suburb, to speak about the report's contents. He declined to speak with us. 

His wife Jacqueline, 63, came to the door of the couple's $550,000, four-bed home but closed it as soon as we identified ourselves as reporters, saying: 'I'm sorry, no.' 

The couple have three adult children including a daughter who works as a nurse and a son who is in the US Marine Corps. 

Unusual for someone caught in the crosshairs of a public scandal, fitness fanatic Abbott has not taken down his social media which shows him enjoying cycling trips and family hikes. 

Abbott began his vaunted FBI career in 1987 at the Washington field office working in counterintelligence and 'international terrorism matters'. 

He went on to join the bureau's first cold case homicide division and served in a SWAT team based out of Washington, D.C. before becoming assistant legal attaché at the US Embassy in Paris, France in 2000. 

Abbott worked in the public corruption squad in El Paso, Texas, then became acting head of the FBI's Seattle office before eventually taking charge of the Indianapolis field office in 2014. f

His staff seemed similarly adept at high-profile investigations having led the child sex probe into former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle, who was arrested at his Indianapolis home on July 7, 2015 and later jailed for 15 years.