Former head of US Coast Guard Commandant Karl L. Schultz ‘covered up investigation Fouled
Former head of US Coast Guard Commandant Karl L. Schultz ‘covered up investigation Fouled Anchor that revealed decades of sexual assaults at academy’
- CNN reports Commandant Karl K. Schultz covered up Operation Fouled Anchor
- He stepped down in 2022 and was replaced by Linda Fagan
The former head of the US Coast Guard has been accused of covering up an explosive, historic investigation into rape and sexual abuse within the Coast Guard academy in Connecticut that dates back to the 1980s.
CNN reports that Commandant Karl K. Schultz was due to raise the results of the investigation with Congress and include them in teachings.
The report was concluded in 2018 – around the same time he took over.
Schultz however did not bring the damaging report to officials, as he was meant to, according to sources cited by CNN.
C NN reports that Commandant Karl K. Schultz was due to raise the results of the investigation with Congress and include them in teachings but failed to
Now, Democrats are demanding to know why.
Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal said it was ‘probably the most shameful, disgraceful incident of cover-up of sexual assault that I have seen in the United States military ever.’
Neither Commandant Schultz nor the academy has commented.
The report – titled Operation Fouled Anchor – is said to have examined complaints of sexual assault and rape within the Academy from 1980s to 2006.
The findings were so damaging that leaders thought they should become ‘required reading for current and future Academy leadership teams.’
Admiral Paul Zukunft, Schultz’ predecessor, said he also planned to issue an apology to the victims who were identified as a result of the investigation.
CNN says Schultz and his number two however failed to make any of it public and even shrouded it in secrecy.
One source said the pair hid it intentionally.
‘They knew. They read it. They signed off on it. It seems like the most logical reason is that they didn’t want to have controversy under their leadership,’ they said.
Schultz retired last year and was succeeded by Linda Fagan.
At a congressional subcommittee meeting last month, she said: ‘Just like on a ship when you have rust, we’ve got pockets of rust that need to be eliminated from the organization.’
Admiral Linda Fagan (left), President Joe Biden and Admiral Karl Schultz (right) at the US Coast Guard (USCG) change of command ceremony at USCG Headquarters in Washington, DC, on June 1, 2022