As an alternative, Thompson has indicated the panel will use the “court docket of public opinion” to disclose lawmakers’ conduct forward of and on Jan. 6 — by way of obtained messages and testimony — and depart it to them to elucidate why they didn’t cooperate with investigators.(*6*)
A choose panel spokesperson mentioned the committee would reply to Jordan’s letter extra within the “coming days” and would “contemplate applicable subsequent steps.”(*6*)
“Mr. Jordan has admitted that he spoke on to President Trump on January sixth and is thus a fabric witness,” a panel spokesperson mentioned. “Mr. Jordan’s letter to the committee fails to handle these details.”(*6*)
Jordan was among the many Home Republicans who labored most intently with Trump within the run-up to the Jan. 6 session of Congress meant to finalize the 2020 presidential election outcomes. He additionally has acknowledged talking with Trump at the very least as soon as after rioters had overtaken the Capitol. (*6*)
The panel despatched a letter to Jordan on Dec. 22 looking for an interview with him about his conversations with Trump on Jan. 6, communications with Trump’s allies about actions and techniques on Jan. 6, and efforts to overturn the outcomes of the 2020 election.(*6*)
The committee not too long ago revealed a textual content message from Jordan to then-White Home Chief of Employees Mark Meadows on Jan. 5 wherein he forwarded a method for blocking Joe Biden’s election. In keeping with Jordan, he was passing alongside a plan despatched to him by a former Pentagon inspector common. His aides have declined to say whether or not he supported that technique or why he determined to ship it to Meadows.(*6*)
Jordan has ceaselessly insisted he has “nothing to cover” when requested if he would cooperate with the Jan. 6 choose committee, and he has expressed uncertainty about whether or not he had one or mmultiple conversations with Trump on Jan. 6 — each earlier than and after the riot.(*6*)
