{"id":1205536,"date":"2022-01-10T17:05:14","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T22:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1205536"},"modified":"2022-01-10T17:05:20","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T22:05:20","slug":"jim-jordan-rejects-january-6-committees-unprecedented-and-inappropriate-request-for-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-jordan-rejects-january-6-committees-unprecedented-and-inappropriate-request-for-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Jordan Rejects January 6 Committee\u2019s \u2018Unprecedented And Inappropriate\u2019 Request For Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjim-jordan-rejects-january-6-committees-unprecedented-and-inappropriate-request-for-interview%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1205536&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) turned down a request Sunday to appear before the House select committee investigating the January 6 riot.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Jordan\/status\/1480329304936529921\">letter<\/a> to committee chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) calling the request that Jordan sit for an interview with the committee \u201cunprecedented and inappropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe American people are tired of Democrats\u2019 nonstop investigations and partisan witch hunts. Your letter of December 22, 2021, unfortunately continues this Democrat obsession. It amounts to an unprecedented and inappropriate demand to examine the basis for a colleague\u2019s decision on a particular matter pending before the House of Representatives,\u201d Jordan wrote. \u201cThis request is far outside the bounds of any legitimate inquiry, violates core Constitutional principles, and would serve to further erode legislative norms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you well know, I have no relevant information that would assist the Select Committee in advancing any legitimate legislative purpose. I cannot speak to Speaker Pelosi\u2019s failure to ensure the appropriate security posture at the Capitol complex in advance of well-publicized protests on January 6, 2021. I cannot elaborate on former U.S. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sun\u2019s statement that a concern about \u2018optics\u2019 \u2013 following widespread calls from Democrats in 2020 to defund the police \u2013 contributed to the limited security response,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have nothing to add to the bipartisan, comprehensive findings of the Senate investigative committees or to those issued by federal inspectors general. I cannot testify about the Justice Department\u2019s ongoing law enforcement efforts, although I am aware of reports that the FBI has determined the violence was not coordinated or part of any \u2018organized plot to overturn the presidential election result,\u2019\u201d Jordan said.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) rejected Jordan\u2019s nomination to the committee by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). In response, McCarthy pulled his nominees and said Republicans would not be a part of the committee. Two Republicans did end up on the committee, Reps. Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), who sought out positions on the committee individually.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Pelosi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/pelosi-jim-jordan-banks-select-committee-62a31383-be98-485b-933c-e56a28ca5a84.html\">said<\/a> she rejected Jordan and another Republican nominee, Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN), citing concerns for the \u201cintegrity of the investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith respect for the integrity of the investigation, with an insistence on the truth and with concern about statements made and actions taken by these Members, I must reject the recommendations of Representatives Banks and Jordan to the Select Committee,\u201d the House speaker said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy hammered Pelosi in his response:<\/p>\n<p><em>Speaker Nancy Pelosi has taken the unprecedented step of denying the minority party\u2019s picks for the Select Committee on January 6. This represents an egregious abuse of power and will irreparably damage this institution. Denying the voices of members who have served in the military and law enforcement, as well as leaders of standing committees, has made it undeniable that this panel has lost all legitimacy and credibility and shows the Speaker is more interested in playing politics than seeking the truth.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Unless Speaker Pelosi reverses course and seats all five Republican nominees, Republicans will not be party to their sham process and will instead pursue our own investigation of the facts.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) turned down a request Sunday to appear before the House select committee investigating the January 6 riot. Jordan sent a letter to committee chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) calling the request that Jordan sit for an interview with the committee \u201cunprecedented and inappropriate.\u201d \u201cThe American people are tired of Democrats\u2019 nonstop &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1205536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1205536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1205536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1205536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1205536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}