Jordan, Jim (1964- )
New House Investigation Panel Stirs Memories of an Earlier McCarthy
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers point to outrageous abuses of the federal government’s unchecked law enforcement and intelligence apparatus, vowing to get to the bottom of the dirty business and root out the shadowy figures responsible. Americans have seen that scenario play out multiple times in history, with the latest example being the successful push by House […]
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What the Jan. 6 Panel Wants to Learn From 5 G.O.P. Lawmakers
WASHINGTON — In deciding to take the highly unusual step of issuing subpoenas to five Republican members of Congress, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack concluded that trying to compel their testimony was important enough to justify an escalatory step involving their colleagues. All five of the Republicans subpoenaed on Thursday have previously […]
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Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas 5 Republican Representatives
WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol issued subpoenas on Thursday to five Republican members of Congress, including Representative Kevin McCarthy, the minority leader, who had refused to meet with the panel voluntarily. The committee’s leaders had been reluctant to issue subpoenas to their fellow lawmakers. That is an […]
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New Details Underscore House G.O.P. Role in Jan. 6 Planning
WASHINGTON — It was less than two weeks before President Donald J. Trump’s staunchest allies in Congress would have what they saw as their last chance to overturn the 2020 election, and Representative Scott Perry, Republican of Pennsylvania, was growing anxious. “Time continues to count down,” he wrote in a text message to Mark Meadows, […]
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Jim Jordan Refuses to Cooperate With Jan. 6 Panel
WASHINGTON — Representative Jim Jordan, Republican of Ohio, announced on Sunday that he was refusing to cooperate with the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, joining a growing list of allies of former President Donald J. Trump who have adopted a hostile stance toward the panel’s questions. In an effort […]
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Jan. 6 Panel Seeks Interview With Jim Jordan, a Close Trump Ally
WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Capitol attack asked Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio on Wednesday to sit for an interview with its investigators, in the latest step the panel has taken to dig into the role that members of Congress played in trying to undermine the 2020 election. The committee’s letter to Mr. […]
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F.B.I. Set Plan to Track Threats Against School Boards and Teachers
The Justice Department also said that it would begin “a series of additional efforts in the coming days designed to address the rise in criminal conduct directed toward school personnel,” including a task force that would include the U.S. attorneys’ offices, the F.B.I., the criminal division, the national security division and the civil rights division. […]
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