GOP’s Jim Jordan Is Asked by Jan. 6 Panel to Explain Trump Talks
- Ohio congressman talked by phone with Trump on Jan. 6
- Jordan is the 2nd sitting congressman asked to meet with panel
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The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday asked Ohio Representative Jim Jordan to voluntarily agree to a meeting.
The request to speak to Jordan raises the stakes in the panel’s probe, because Jordan is one of former President Donald Trump’s highest profile congressional allies. Jordan, the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee, has publicly acknowledged talking on the phone with Trump on Jan. 6, as rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol building.