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Jim Jordan Refuses to Cooperate With Jan. 6 Panel - The New York Times
Jan 10, 2022 2 mins, 17 secs
The Republican congressman from Ohio, a close ally of former President Donald Trump’s, denounced the House investigation of the Capitol riot as one of the Democrats’ “partisan witch hunts.”.

WASHINGTON — Representative Jim Jordan, Republican of Ohio, announced on Sunday that he was refusing to cooperate with the House select committee investigating the Jan.

In an effort to dig into the role that members of Congress played in trying to undermine the 2020 election, the committee informed Mr.

Jordan wrote in a letter to Representative Bennie Thompson, Democrat of Mississippi and chairman of the committee.

Trump’s effort to fight the election results, including participating in planning meetings in November 2020 at Trump campaign headquarters in Arlington, Va., and a meeting at the White House in December 2020.

Trump’s chief of staff, a text message he had received from a lawyer and former Pentagon inspector general outlining a legal strategy to overturn the election.

Jordan’s letter on Sunday, he argued he had little relevant information to share with the committee and that its members should be investigating security failures at the Capitol instead of seeking to question Republican lawmakers.

The House investigation.

A select committee is scrutinizing the causes of the Jan.

Capitol, which occurred as Congress met to formalize Joe Biden’s election victory amid various efforts to overturn the results.

Trump’s chief of staff, who initially provided the panel with a trove of documents that showed the extent of his role in the efforts to overturn the election, is now refusing to cooperate.

congressmen who were deeply involved in efforts to overturn the election.

The document contained extreme plans to overturn the election.

Eastman was present at a meeting of Trump allies at the Willard Hotel that has become a prime focus of the panel.

“Even if I had information to share with the select committee, the actions and statements of Democrats in the House of Representatives show that you are not conducting a fair-minded and objective inquiry,” he said, accusing the panel of altering documents to mislead the public.

Tim Mulvey, a spokesman for the House committee, said in response to the letter: “Mr.

Jordan’s letter to the committee fails to address these facts.

Jordan has previously said that he would cooperate with the committee’s investigation, but it now appears that the Trump team has persuaded him to try to hide the facts and circumstances of Jan.

Mulvey added that the committee would respond to the letter in more detail in the coming days and consider next steps.

The committee has been reluctant to issue subpoenas for sitting members of Congress, preferring to gather evidence from them through a voluntary process

Jordan, last month refused a voluntary meeting with the committee, calling the panel “illegitimate.”

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