Ex-White House ethics chief requests probe into whether Jordan knew of alleged sexual abuse
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Ex-White House ethics chief requests probe into whether Jordan knew of alleged sexual abuse
By Avery Anapol - 07/09/18 09:31 AM EDT
Former White House ethics chief Norm Eisen on Monday said that he has filed a formal ethics complaint against GOP Rep. Jim Jordan (Ohio) amid accusations that the lawmaker ignored sexual abuse allegations while serving as an assistant coach for the Ohio State University wrestling program.
Eisen, who served as former President Obama's ethics chief, said that he and Fred Wertheimer of the nonprofit watchdog group Democracy 21 filed the complaint with the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE).
Jordan has denied the allegations, saying that if he had known about the alleged abuse, he would have acted to stop it.
Seven former wrestlers have contradicted Jordan's claims, saying that the former assistant coach knew about alleged sexual abuse by athletic doctor Richard Strauss. Strauss killed himself in 2005.
Eisen and Wertheimer's complaint seeks an OCE investigation into whether Jordan is lying about his knowledge of alleged abuse.
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