There is no scenario in the Ohio State abuse scandal where Jim Jordan isn't a terrible leader

[riversedge]

Jul. 9, 2018, 1:18 p.m.

Opinion
The Swamp

By Matthew Fleischer

There is no scenario in the Ohio State abuse scandal where Jim Jordan isn't a terrible leader
U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, on Capitol Hill.
U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, on Capitol Hill. (Carolyn Kaster)

The heat on powerful Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) isn’t dying down. Several more former Ohio State wrestlers accused him over the weekend of lying about his knowledge of sexual abuses allegedly committed by former team Dr. Richard Strauss while Jordan was an assistant wrestling coach at the school.

Jordan has repeatedly dismissed the allegations against him, suggesting he knew nothing about the alleged abuse and that “the timing is suspect” in the wake of his high-profile confrontation with Deputy Atty. Gen. Rod Rosenstein.

Yes, because the first thing on alleged sexual abuse survivors’ minds as they fight for justice is how to make Jordan look bad after a showboating face-to-face with Rod Rosenstein, of all people. Decades of trauma saved up to score a political point on an issue totally unrelated to their case.

It sure sounds an awful lot like Jordan did nothing while a sexual predator preyed on his students — and is now gaslighting alleged victims of sexual abuse to cover his own moral and ethical failures.

Remember, the scandal here is much larger than a handful of former wrestlers who claim Jordan knew about Strauss and did nothing. Ohio State has identified purported victims across 14 different sports. Some estimates for Strauss’ full number of alleged victims range in the thousands.

It’s pretty clear that horrible acts of sexual abuse seem to have occurred under Jordan’s nose at Ohio State. The only thing in question is if he knew about them.
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[FarPoint]

1. I sure hope it gains momentum...

I'm sensing he is covering his tracks at this very moment.. payoff plan.

[marble falls]

2. More and more details hit the press daily. There's no running from it or spinning it. He's ...

damaged. Will he resign before he's voted out is all that needs to be settled.