(Washington) Republican Rep. For Ohio Jim Jordan, one of former President Donald Trump’s staunchest allies in Congress, said on Sunday he had turned down the inquiry committee’s invitation to testify on the attempted insurrection of January 6, 2021.
In an aggressive letter sent to the chairman of the inquiry committee, Democrat Bennie Thompson, Mr. Jordan said that “the American people are fed up with the incessant inquiries and the witch hunts by the Democrats”.
The committee wants to hear from Jim Jordan so that he can shed light on his communications with the former president on the day of the events and on the actions of Donald Trump in his attempts to overturn the results of the presidential election.
According to Jim Jordan, the committee’s request is “inappropriate” and “well beyond the bounds of any legitimate investigation.” He added that, in his opinion, he had “no relevant information” to provide to the committee as its work progressed.
He also accused Democrats of using this committee as a partisan weapon to punish their political opponents.
Jim Jordan is one of the fiercest supporters of Donald Trump’s false claims about so-called “massive electoral fraud” that would have deprived him of a re-election.
The committee would also like to ask Jim Jordan about meetings with the ex-president and his administration in November and December 2020 as well as in early January 2021, “about strategies to reverse the democratic result of the 2020 presidential election. “.