1/6 Committee Drops The Hammer On Jim Jordan And Requests Testimony On Trump Coup

The 1/6 Committee has sent a missive to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) requesting that helium attest astir 1/6 unit and his relation successful Trump’s coup plot.

1/6 Committee Wants Testimony About Trump’s Conversations With Jim Jordan And The Coup Plot

1/6 Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) wrote to Jordan:

The unit astatine the Capitol began aboriginal successful the day connected January 6th.  It did not abate until aft 4:17 p.m. erstwhile President Trump issued a videotaped connection instructing the rioters to leave, coupling that connection with statements praising them arsenic ‘very special’ and stating, ‘I cognize however you feel.’ During the aggregate hours of violence, galore efforts were made to scope President Trump and his Chief of Staff to impulse that President Trump instantly look ‘on TV,’ marque a nationalist statement, springiness an ‘oval [office] address’ oregon different instruct that the rioters disperse, ‘go home,’ and permission the Capitol. Multiple of these communications, including from the President’s son, made wide that nary of the President’s tweets had oregon would quell the violence, and that a nationalist connection instructing the rioters to permission the Capitol was required. Indeed, the President’s tweet condemning Vice President Pence appeared to enflame the rioters further.

Despite the urgent requests that the President talk and instruct the rioters to leave, President Trump did not marque specified a connection for aggregate hours arsenic rioters attacked constabulary and invaded and occupied the Capitol.  The Select Committee has grounds indicating that the president was watching tv sum of the onslaught from his backstage eating country adjoining the Oval Office during this clip period. Even aft the assemblage yet dispersed precocious successful the day, then-President Trump, done his ineligible team, continued to question to hold oregon different impede the electoral count. And Mr. Trump’s tweet from that evening further revealed his position connected the violence: ‘These are the things and events that hap erstwhile a ineffable landslide predetermination triumph is truthful unceremoniously & viciously stripped distant from large patriots who person been severely & unfairly treated for truthful long.’

We recognize that you had astatine slightest 1 and perchance aggregate communications with President Trump connected January 6th. We would similar to sermon each specified connection with you successful detail.

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Public reporting suggests that you whitethorn besides person accusation astir meetings with White House officials and the then-President successful November and December 2020, and early-January 2021, astir strategies for overturning the results of the 2020 election. We would besides similar to inquire you astir immoderate discussions involving the anticipation of statesmanlike pardons for individuals progressive successful immoderate facet of January 6th oregon the readying for January 6th.  When you were asked during a Rules Committee proceeding connected October 20, 2021, whether you would beryllium consenting to stock with the Select Committee the accusation you person regarding January 6th and the events starring up to that day, you responded, ‘I’ve said each along, “I person thing to hide.” I’ve been straightforward each along.’

The Net Is Beginning To Tighten Around Jim Jordan

Jim Jordan has been evasive and lying astir his communications with Trump connected 1/6 for months. Trump himself straight linked Jim Jordan by sanction to the coup plot.

Jordan has already stated that helium volition garbage to cooperate with the 1/6 Committee successful immoderate way, truthful the committee looks to beryllium laying the groundwork for subpoenaing Jim Jordan, and if helium refuses to comply, criminally charging him with contempt of Congress.

Things person gotten precise bad, precise rapidly for Jim Jordan.