Jan. 6 committee tells Jim Jordan what he didn't want to hear

[Judi Lynn]

Jim Jordan made a series of demands he expected to be met before he even considered whether to answer questions. The Jan. 6 committee was unimpressed.

June 2, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT
By Steve Benen

For about a year, Rep. Jim Jordan has presented himself as a model of transparency when it comes to Jan. 6. The Ohio Republican repeatedly boasted that he had “nothing to hide” from those with questions about what he knew.

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol keeps giving Jordan the opportunity to back up those claims. It’s not going well.

Shortly before Christmas, the bipartisan panel reached out to the far-right congressman, seeking his voluntary cooperation. He refused. Three weeks ago, the committee took matters to the next level and subpoenaed the Ohioan. Jordan responded by questioning the “constitutionality and validity” of the subpoena, and making a series of demands he expected to be met before he even considered whether to answer questions.

An Axios report summarized, the Republican had all kinds of expectations, “including giving him the materials it plans to question him with ahead of time, along with all the documents the committee has that reference him.”

More:
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/jan-6-committee-tells-jim-jordan-didnt-want-hear-rcna31587

[TigressDem]

1. Dude, you are a Congress Critter but you ain't all that. Get over yourself. nt

[Cracklin Charlie]

2. They really want to know what the committee has on everyone.

Won’t work this time, either.

[empedocles]

3. Some of these republicon suspects, have some really amazing 'mindsets', in terms

of how things should work out for themselves.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

4. Like his shit doesn't stink?? Come on Gym!!!

The more he demands, the more his shit stinks.

[AllaN01Bear]

5. too bad they cant hand it over to a grand jury. hem

[patphil]

6. I hope he goes the way of Louis Gohmert.

We need a bunch of these Congressional insurrectionists elevated to a seat at the cafeteria table in a federal penitentiary.

[ThoughtCriminal]

7. Translation

He needs to know what evidence the committee has so he'll know what lies he can get away with.

[Rabrrrrrr]

8. Or he needs some info to know whether it's time to leave the country and ask Putin for protection.

[wnylib]

13. Putin is busy trying to protect himself these days.

Maybe no time or interest in giving a damn about his American puppets.

Talk about hitching yourself to the wrong star.

Putin's own people tried to assassinate him and he has advanced level cancer. Maybe his successor will help Putin's American allies, but maybe not. Another oligarch who never was a KGB agent might not feel the vengeance that has driven Putie.

[soldierant]

21. I'm pretty sure the Committee knows some tricks worth two of that.

[JohnnyRingo]

9. So now what? He may not have "wanted to hear it"...

...but it doesn't matter if he can bide his time until republicans put themselves in power and dissolve the committee. Color me frustrated.

[towerbum]

10. I'm hoping LEAVENWORTH has a spot for " TDFG" ready or gitmo !

[twodogsbarking]

11. He is an expert at ignoring important things.

[TheBlackAdder]

15. Or turning a deaf ear and blind eye.

[paleotn]

12. Wonder if Gym and the 5 other members of the Murder Party

will comply now that Navarro was lead away literally in chains? I wont be truly happy until Trump, Junior, Gym, MTG, and all the rest are frog marched out in the yard, kicked to their knees and.....well, you can imagine the rest.

[TheBlackAdder]

14. Gym flaps his yap so much I'm surprised that he heard anything.

[Qutzupalotl]

16. Jordan only works off a script.

[Rebl2]

17. He says he

has nothing to hide, so why not answer their questions?

[lastlib]

18. "Dear Madame Speaker,

"Please instruct the Sergeant-At-Arms to bring Mr. Jordan of Ohio to the Committee hearing room, post haste.
Thank you."

Sincerely, Chairman Thompson"

Problem solved.

[FakeNoose]

19. He's a puppet and Chump is pulling the strings

I have no doubts that Chump is telling him to do this. Of course, Jordan will be the one who gets the contempt charge and the jail sentence.

[Ferrets are Cool]

20. Evidently, it works in every other facet of his life so......expectations.