LA Mayor Karen Bass Wants Casey Wasserman Out of the Olympic Committee

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass doesn’t agree with the 2028 Olympic Committee’s decision to keep Casey Wasserman on as the chairman, after it was discovered that he is in the Epstein files. “I cannot fire him,” Mayor Bass told CNN on Monday night. “I do have an opinion. My opinion is that he should step down.” Only the Los Angeles committee board can make decisions about its members, and they agreed to keep Wasserman on board. In the emails, it was discovered he had a flirtatious relationship with Ghislaine Maxwell, who was Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice in his crimes. “We found Mr. Wasserman’s relationship with Epstein and Maxwell did not go beyond what has already been publicly documented,” the board shared in a statement on February 11. “The Executive Committee of the Board has determined that based on these facts, as well as the strong leadership he has exhibited over the past ten years, Mr. Wasserman should continue to lead LA28 and deliver a safe and successful Games.”

“The board made a decision,” Bass concluded. “I think that decision was unfortunate. I don’t support the decision. I do think that we need to look at the leadership. However, my job as mayor of Los Angeles is to make sure that our city is completely prepared to have the best Olympics that has ever happened in Olympic history.”