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USA Gymnastics must remove interim CEO Mary Bono after its latest misstep in wake of scandal

USA Gymnasts Aly Raisman and Jordyn Weiber addressed their abuser, Larry Nassar, at his sentence hearing. USA TODAY Sports

Inexplicably and unbelievably, USA Gymnastics is back in the news again. The organization that brought us the largest sexual abuse scandal in sports history announced Friday that it had hired as its interim CEO a principal from the law firm that helped the governing body cover up Larry Nassar’s assaults on numerous young gymnasts.

This is an untenable decision that must be overturned immediately.