Tag Archives: Jim Jordan

The Huffington Post reports: Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) seemed to have an uncomfortable moment on “60 Minutes” during Sunday night’s segment on social media disinformation. “What about this idea that the 2020 election was stolen?” asked correspondent Lesley Stahl. “I’ve not said that,” said Jordan, who is on the record pushing conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. “What I’ve said …

Mediaite reports: Republicans on the House Oversight Committee tabled a motion to subpoena Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of, and former White House adviser to Donald Trump. “Mr. Chairman, I have a motion,” Rep. Jamie Raskin told Chair James Comer (R-KY). “I have a motion. I would move… that the committee issue a subpoena to Jared Kushner to compel testimony related …

The Independent reports: Robert Hur, the former Trump-appointed US Attorney who declined to prosecute President Joe Biden after classified materials were found in his Delaware home and a former office in Washington, DC, will appear before the House Judiciary Committee as a private citizen who has surrounded himself with Republican partisans and notorious figures linked to former president Donald Trump …

“The idea that Jared Kushner did something wrong is ridiculous. I mean, the Trump family has been investigated more than any family on the planet, and what they have attempted to do to President Trump. Over the last seven years is unbelievable. So, again, I don’t want to get into that.” – Rep. Jim Jordan, dodging a question about Kushner …

The New Republic reports: After trying and failing to salvage Republicans’ crumbling impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, Ohio Representative Jim Jordan at last, finally, conceded on Friday that Alexander Smirnov’s story might not be totally accurate. “I don’t know, maybe the guy did lie,” Jordan said at CPAC on Friday. Still, Jordan couldn’t totally put the theory to rest …

The New Republic reports: House Republicans quietly deleted a reference to their epic fail of an FBI informant in a letter to a potential witness in the somehow-still-ongoing impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden. The original letter, which was obtained by The New Republic, included a section explaining the reason for the Biden investigation, with a paragraph that described a credible, …

Mediaite has the transcript: KEN BUCK: My colleagues went out and talk to the public about how this was credible and how it was damning and how it proved President Biden’s – at the time Vice President Biden’s – complicity in receiving bribes. It appears to absolutely be false and to really undercut the nature of the charges. We’ve always …

Axios reports: Special counsel Robert Hur will testify to a Republican-led House panel next month on his investigation into President Biden, Axios has learned. House Republicans are eager to dig in on Hur’s findings about Biden’s mental acuity and memory. Hur will give public testimony to the House Judiciary Committee on March 12, according to a source familiar with the …

NBC News reports: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan has subpoenaed District Attorney Fani Willis of Fulton County, Georgia, demanding documents from her office following allegations that Willis fired a whistleblower who tried to stop a top campaign aide from misusing federal funds. The subpoena, obtained by NBC News, is part of a broader probe by Jordan, R-Ohio, and House …

NBC News reports: House Republicans on the Judiciary and Oversight on Monday released their report recommending that the president’s son Hunter Biden be held in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena to appear for a closed-door transcribed interview as part of their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. The Oversight and Judiciary Committees also released the resolutions that will …

Just in via press release: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) are investigating whether President Biden sought to influence or obstruct the Committees’ proceedings by preventing, discouraging, or dissuading his son, Hunter Biden, from complying with the Committees’ subpoenas for a deposition as part of the House of Representatives’ …

The Messenger reports: Republican leaders of the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday sent a letter to Special Counsel Jack Smith requesting detailed information about the Justice Department’s investigation of former President Donald Trump. In the letter, obtained by The Messenger, Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., wrote that they have “significant concerns” about Smith’s “commitment to …

“Jim Jordan is an absolute hypocrite. Jim Jordan was in front of the Rules Committee when we were talking about holding Steve Bannon or somebody in contempt. He said in front of the Rules Committee that the Department of Justice and the FBI should be the ones investigating Donald Trump. And that would be their role. “Now, of course, he’s …

Mediaite reports: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) threatened Hunter Biden with a contempt of Congress charge on Wednesday shortly after the president’s son defied a congressional subpoena to show up for a deposition. “We’re disappointed that he didn’t show up. I mean, he was just across the way at the Capitol. You think he could come here and …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee escalated its probe of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Tuesday with a request for documents linking her office’s investigation of Donald Trump to the congressional investigation of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan’s demand is one of a series of requests he’s …

Mediaite reports: Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade channeled his inner Howard Cosell while doing a bit about the recent falling of the White House Christmas Tree due to high winds. After a decent wind-up that explained the details of the story, Kilmeade delivered a solid payoff with “Down goes the Fraser fir!” which was a clear reference to Cosell’s …

The Messenger reports: Two powerful House GOP chairmen are probing the D.C. attorney general’s investigation of the conservative legal mastermind behind the Supreme Court’s hard right turn, which led to overturning Roe v. Wade. It was reported in August that D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb launched an investigation into Leonard Leo, co-chairman of the conservative Federalist Society, after one of …

The Daily Beast reports: Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) isn’t happy about the way the Capitol Hill chaos he orchestrated is developing. Seventeen days after he and seven other hardliners voted to boot Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) from the speakership, Gaetz’s preferred replacement, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), got the same treatment as scores of Republicans voted secretly to kick him off …

Politico reports: Acting Speaker Patrick McHenry for the first time Friday publicly said he’s open to a vote that would formally expand his powers as the top House Republican. Such a vote, which centrist GOP lawmakers have been floating for more than a week, would allow legislative business to function in the lower chamber after 17 turbulent days without a …

The Washington Post reports: House Republicans, meeting behind closed doors, voted Friday by secret ballot for Jordan (Ohio) to step aside following a third vote on the House floor in which Jordan fell well short of a majority of the full chamber. The move leaves the Republican conference without a speaker nominee more than two weeks after the ouster of …