Posted on 12/22/2021 12:49:23 PM PST by RandFan
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is asking Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), an ardent supporter of former President Trump, to voluntarily sit down with its investigators.
In a Wednesday letter to Jordan, the committee contends that he was in regular communication with Trump leading up to the election and thereafter.
"We understand that you had at least one and possibly multiple communications with President Trump on Jan. 6. We would like to discuss each such communication with you in detail. And we also wish to inquire about any communications you had on January 5th or 6th with those in the Willard War Room, the Trump legal team, White House personnel or others involved in organizing or planning the actions and strategies for January 6th,” Chair Bennie Thompson wrote in the letter, referring to the Willard Hotel where the Trump team organized its efforts.
“Public reporting suggests that you may also have information about meetings with White House officials and the then-President in November and December 2020, and early-January 2021, about strategies for overturning the results of the 2020 election. We would also like to ask you about any discussions involving the possibility of presidential pardons for individuals involved in any aspect of Jan. 6 or the planning for Jan. 6.”
Jordan, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee and vice chair of the House Freedom Caucus, is the second member of Congress to receive such a letter from the committee.
On Monday, the committee asked for similar cooperation from incoming Freedom Caucus chair Rep. Scott Perry (R-Penn.) who has already rebuffed the committee and said he will decline to appear.
The letter seeks to immediately combat any such behavior from Jordan, even offering to arrange an interview with Jordan in his district.
“When you were asked during a Rules Committee hearing on October 20, 2021, whether you would be willing to share with the Select Committee the information you have regarding Jan. 6 and the events leading up to that day, you responded, ‘I’ve said all along, I have nothing to hide. I’ve been straightforward all along,’” Thompson wrote.
Jordan's office did not immediately respond to request for comment.
Jordan acknowledged speaking to Trump on Jan. 6 earlier this summer in an interview with Spectrum News.
“Yeah I mean — I spoke with the president last week, I speak with the president all of the time. I spoke with him on Jan. 6. I mean, I talked with President Trump all the time and that's ... I don't think that's unusual. I would expect members of Congress to talk with the president of the United States when they're trying to get done the things they told the voters in their district to do,” Jordan said.
He’s gonna nail your a**** to the door.
They need to sit down with The Fey Wray, Meritless Garland and Nazi Pelousy.
Response from Jordon should be “GFY”
Hopefully he tells them to P up a rope.
Hopefully he tells them to P up a rope.
When it is our turn to control the course of events, DO NOT forget the actions of this corrupt regime.
The gloves are off and there is no more mister nice guy in politics.
Indeed it is.
Even with a lawyer answering for me I wouldn't.
Don't try to be a nice guy, Jim. These folks are not nice at all, and they don't play nice. So don't you play nice with them if you don't like to be rattle snake bit.
I really doubt any of these dems on the panel can handle Jim Jordan if they piss him off...
Have a little fun with them, Jim. Ask them “Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the Communist Party?”
Schedule for Feb 1, 2023.....
but not the texts that we manipulated, those are fine... we are using our drafts for the public record.
I'm putting my money on Jim.
They’re looking for a process crime or a tiny “lying” to them instance when in hours and hours of daily questioning he meant to say “I advised that when I saw him Tuesday morning” but said “I advised that when I saw him Wednesday afternoon”. Like one of us saying I went to Walgreen, I mean to Wal-Mart. But will mean lying under oath.
Gen. Flynn had those errors as a threat over his head.
Why investigate when you already "know" what happened?
“I can’t precisely recollect.”
~ Hillabitch Clintdog
I agree with you 100% but if McCarthy is speaker of the house you can forget anything happening. He will do his best Paul Ryan impersonation, suck up, apologize and kiss the dems arse. We need Jordan as speaker, he has the gonads to go after them.
Third World Bennie tryin’ ta turn the US into Africa
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