Ex-wrestler says Rep. Jim Jordan witnessed lewd shower acts while a coach at Ohio State
Jordan also says he never heard Trump tell a lie. Credible??
Ex-wrestler says Rep. Jim Jordan witnessed lewd shower acts while a coach at Ohio State
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ex-wrestler-says-rep-jim-jordan-witnessed-lewd-shower-acts-coach-ohio-state-001134484.html?soc_src=hl-viewer&soc_trk=tw
July 4, 2018
Jim Jordan continued to deny knowledge of alleged sexual abuse by a former OSU team doctor while attending a July 4 Tea Party rally. (AP)
Multiple former Ohio State wrestlers have accused U.S. Representative Jim Jordan of turning a blind eye to alleged sexual abuse committed by team doctor Richard Strauss while he was was a coach for the Buckeyes.
Jordan, a prominent Republican from Ohio, was an assistant coach at OSU from 1986-94. NBC reported on Tuesday that three former OSU wrestlers described the alleged abuse by Strauss as common knowledge and that he assaulted as many as 2,000 student athletes from 1978-98.
“I considered Jim Jordan a friend,” Mike DiSabato, one of Strauss’s accusers, told NBC. “But at the end of the day, he is absolutely lying if he says he doesn’t know what was going on.”...................
Watch: GOP congressman who said Trump doesn't lie fumbles when confronted with evidence http://www.newsweek.com/gop-lawmaker-jim-jordan-donald-trump-never-lied-889057
Watch: GOP Congressman Jim Jordan Says He's Never Heard Trump Lie, Fumbles When Confronted With Evidence
http://www.newsweek.com/gop-lawmaker-jim-jordan-donald-trump-never-lied-889057
By Gillian Edevane On 4/17/18 at 9:51 AM
CNN host Anderson Cooper put Ohio Representative Jim Jordan in the hot seat Monday night, grilling the conservative lawmaker on the topic of whether he'd ever heard President Donald Trump lie. After trying to deflect the question, Jordan eventually shook his head and said, "I have not."
"I've never heard the president... He's always been square with me, that's for darn sure," Jordan said when asked if he'd heard Trump make false claims. When Cooper pressed the lawmaker on whether Trump had said untrue things to the public, Jordan attempted to deflect the question, hesitating over his answer, and then said, "I don't know of it. Nothing comes to mind."
Cooper then brought up the widely circulated compendium of the president's lies, published by The Washington Post. Jordan said he had not seen the article.
The two had been involved in a discussion about Former FBI Director James Comey when the exchange took place, specifically referring to Comey's claim that Trump is a "serial liar" who is "morally unfit" to be president. Jordan didn't hesitate to call Andrew McCabe, former deputy director of the FBI, a liar.
"So you're very bold in calling out Andrew McCabe, not so bold on the president of the United States," Cooper said..........................................
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