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For more than a decade sexual assault and harassment allegedly ran unchecked at the Coast Guard Academy, and when the service finally investigated, the report stayed under wraps. The Coast Guard conducted the investigation starting in 2014, but only notified Congress of their findings in June.\nNow members of Congress want answers as to why the Coast Guard failed to disclose their findings, and how the service intends to fix the problem. In a letter dated July 13, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability and Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.), ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, sent a\xa0letter\xa0to Admiral Linda Fagan, the commandant of the Coast Guard, requesting information and documents related to the investigation, known as \u201cFouled Anchor.\u201d\n\u201cWe are profoundly troubled by the Coast Guard\u2019s choice to withhold from Congress and the public \u2014 as well as the [Coast Guard Academy] and broader Coast Guard \u2014 the Coast Guard\u2019s own findings of the multi-year investigation that uncovered the mishandling of the sexual assault allegations,\u201d the letter said.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices