Ex-White House ethics chief files complaint demanding probe into Jim Jordan sex abuse coverup claims
Source: The Hill
BY AVERY ANAPOL - 07/09/18 09:31 AM EDT
Former White House ethics chief Norm Eisen said Monday that he has filed a formal ethics complaint against GOP Rep. Jim Jordan (Ohio) amid accusations that the lawmaker ignored sexual abuse in the Ohio State wrestling program where he served as a coach.
Eisen, who served as former President Obama's ethics chief, said that he and Fred Wertheimer of nonprofit watchdog group Democracy 21 filed the complaint.
Jordan has denied the allegations, saying that if he had known about the abuse, he would have acted to stop it.
Seven former wrestlers have contradicted Jordan's claims, saying that the former assistant coach knew about sexual abuse by athletic doctor Richard Strauss. Strauss killed himself in 2005.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/house/396070-ex-white-house-ethics-chief-files-complaint-demanding-probe-into-jim-jordan
machoneman
(4,007 posts)an investigation. Do we doubt the Republiscums would ignore all the claimants charges if it were a Democrat?
Methinks not.......
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)watching the wrestlers shower, too.
kimbutgar
(21,163 posts)I wouldnt be surprised if he got a tingle seeing those young men wrestling and while they were showering.
DoctorJoJo
(1,134 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,545 posts)By Eric Boehlert - July 9, 2018
Republican hothead and fierce Trump defender Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio has officially shifted into crisis mode.
Jordan has been accused by seven former wrestlers at Ohio State University of turning a blind eye to widespread sexual abuse of student athletes by team doctor, Richard Strauss, when he was a wrestling coach at the school.
On Monday, the conservative crisis management firm Shirley & Banister Public Affairs released a statement on Jordans behalf, in an effort to thwart the mounting scandal headlines.
The statement touted the claims of six former OSU coaches who insist they, along with Jordan, never heard about allegations regarding Strauss, and therefore never ignored troubling claims.
More:
https://shareblue.com/gop-congressman-jim-jordan-hires-crisis-pr-firm-sexual-assault-scandal-ohio-state/