The Latest Breaking News from Jim Jordan

GOP witness: If rape, "not an abortion"

Catherine Glenn Foster was a Republican witness before Chairman Jim Jordan's House Judiciary Committee

Salon · Jul 15, 2022

Jordan called out for calling rape a lie

California Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu called out Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio to his face

Salon · Jul 14, 2022

Man charged with rape of 10-year-old who had abortion after rightwing media called story ‘not true’

Police say Ohio man confessed to raping a girl who went to Indiana for abortion, following the right’s attempts to discredit story

The Guardian - US · Jul 14, 2022

Send lawyers, footballs and money: the strange twists and turns of Washington’s football team - Roll Call

Brandon Wetherbee, managing editor of District Fray, joins the podcast to discuss the long history of controversy surrounding Washington’s NFL team.

Roll Call · Jun 24, 2022

‘God bless Justice Alito’: Conservatives rejoice as Supreme Court strikes down Roe

Republican politicians like Ted Cruz, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert swiftly praised the decision

The Independent UK · Jun 24, 2022

Trump decries McCarthy’s handling of Jan. 6 panel, which a Democrat calls a ‘historic and strategic blunder’

WASHINGTON — House Republicans are sticking beside Kevin McCarthy despite former President Donald Trump’s attacks on the minority leader’s decision to pull GOP members from the Jan. 6 committee.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 24, 2022

Preemptive pardons, Trump’s Justice Dept. plans and other takeaways from Thursday’s Jan. 6 hearing

WASHINGTON — The fifth hearing of the House select committee investigating Jan. 6 focused Thursday on how then-President Donald Trump sought to misuse the Justice Department to convince states and the courts that there was widespread election fraud.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 24, 2022

CON: Committee’s hearings are simply show trials

From the outset, the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol has been marred by political motives and malfeasance, making it unlikely that the vast majority of Americans will have confidence in the committee’s ultimate findings.

Tribune News Service · Jun 23, 2022

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell schools Jim Jordan on the first amendment

In a surprise twist, Goodell was not the biggest villain in the room for once.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jun 23, 2022

Trump blames Kevin McCarthy for his Jan 6 hearing disaster

The former president says it would have been good to have representation on the select committee after Republican House minority leader pulled his members

The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2022