The last time Rep. Jim Jordan had his eye on the speaker’s gavel, he was dogged by allegations that he did nothing to stop a doctor from abusing student-athletes. This time, the former wrestling coach has faced relatively few questions about that era of his past.
“It was 30 years ago. It was investigated and there was nothing found as far as Jim’s concerned,” New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew said Tuesday night. “And that’s not the man I know.”
As Republicans scrambled to fill the speaker vacancy this week, Jordan’s supporters were quick to dismiss the accusations, which he has repeatedly denied, that he knew about sexual abuse at The Ohio State University when he worked there as an assistant wrestling coach from 1986 to 1994.
