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- The January 6 committee requested Rep. Jim Jordan voluntarily turn over information to them.
- They want to know more about Jordan’s “possibly multiple communications” with Trump on the day of the riot.
- Jordan is the second member of Congress after Rep. Scott Perry to receive such a request.
The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack announced on Wednesday that it had requested Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio voluntarily provide more information to the committee about his communications with then-President Donald Trump on the day of the Capitol riot.
“We understand that you had at least one and possibly multiple communications with President Trump on January 6th,” wrote committee chair Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi in a letter to Jordan. “We would like to discuss each such communication with you in detail.”
—January 6th Committee (@January6thCmte) December 22, 2021
Jordan — a staunch ally of the former president and a founding member of the hardline House Freedom Caucus — is the second member of Congress to receive a request for information from the committee.
The first, Republican Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, said on Tuesday that he would not cooperate with the committee, which sought to learn more about his efforts to install Jeffrey Clark as acting attorney general as part of Trump’s broader efforts to overturn the election results.
“I stand with immense respect for our Constitution, the Rule of Law, and the Americans I represent who know that this entity is illegitimate, and not duly constituted under the rules of the US House of Representatives,” Perry wrote on Twitter. “I decline this entity’s request and will continue to fight the failures of the radical Left.”
Perry could now face a subpoena from the committee, and Jordan would likely be in the same boat if he refuses their requests as well.
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