Editing Tonya Harding (section)

===USFSA disciplinary panel===
On February 5, 1994, the USFSA disciplinary panel stated there were reasonable grounds to believe Harding had violated the sport's code of ethics.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scribd.com/document/222926632/Harding-v-USOC-Exhibit-USFSA-Disciplinary-Charges|title=Harding's Disciplinary Charges|website=[[Scribd]] |date=February 5, 1994|access-date=August 27, 2018}}</ref> Her admitted failure to report about an assault on a fellow competitor, supported by her FBI transcripts, led to Harding being formally charged with "[making] false statements about her knowledge." The USFSA recommended that she face a disciplinary hearing. [[Claire Waters Ferguson|Claire Ferguson]], president of the USFSA, decided not to suspend Harding's membership before a hearing took place. If she had been suspended, she likely still would have competed at the Olympics after filing suit, seeking an [[injunction]] against the USFSA, and asserting her rights under the [[Amateur Sports Act of 1978]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/28/sports/figure-skating-harding-to-get-olympic-spot-but-inquiry-continues.html|title=Harding to Get Olympic Spot but Inquiry Continues|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|first=Jere|last=Longman|date=January 28, 1994|access-date=July 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801094130/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/28/sports/figure-skating-harding-to-get-olympic-spot-but-inquiry-continues.html|archive-date=August 1, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The panel examined evidence, including: the testimonies of Stant and Smith, Harding's and Gillooly's telephone records, and notes found in a Portland saloon trash bin on January 30.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1887592-harding-kerrigan-20-years-later-remembering-the-stunning-life-changing-attack|first=Matt|last=Crossman|title=Harding-Kerrigan 20 Years Later: Remembering the Stunning Attack|department=The Evidence in the Dumpster|website=Bleacher Report, Inc|date=December 19, 2013|access-date=July 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721073247/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1887592-harding-kerrigan-20-years-later-remembering-the-stunning-life-changing-attack|archive-date=July 21, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Harding was given 30 days to respond.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/06/sports/winter-olympics-harding-ordered-to-appear-at-hearing.html|title=Harding Ordered To Appear At Hearing|newspaper=The New York Times|first=Jere|last=Longman|date=February 6, 1994|access-date=July 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721102903/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/06/sports/winter-olympics-harding-ordered-to-appear-at-hearing.html|archive-date=July 21, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>