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A top GOP representative denounced accusations he discussed presidential pardons with Congress after defending claims about fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) told Fox News’s Maria Bartiromo on Sunday that he never requested a pardon because he didn’t do anything wrong. A witness told the Jan. 6 committee last week that Jordan had “discussed” presidential pardons but didn’t testify that he requested one.
“Yeah, fake news,” Jordan said after Bartiromo brought up the witness’s testimony saying Jordan discussed the prospect. “The witness said I didn’t request a pardon, and I didn’t request a pardon because I didn’t do anything wrong, and I never in relation to Jan. 6 discussed pardons.”
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Jordan went on to blast the Jan. 6 committee, saying, “We caught them in another lie,” before transitioning to criticizing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for not allowing him to be a member of the Jan. 6 panel.
Although he repeatedly said the committee had been caught in “multiple lies,” Jordan was coy about which lies he was referring to, besides the revelation last year that the committee altered a text message between himself and former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.
Jordan discussed the indiscretion by the committee on Bartiromo’s program earlier this month.
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On Sunday, Jordan said the committee “misrepresented” a video clip of him saying “the ultimate date of significance is Jan. 6 in a presidential election in determining the winner.” Johnson said the committee left out the fact that he was quoting the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the clip.
“This committee, I think the country understands, is purely partisan,” Jordan said. “And they’re frankly not paying much attention to what’s being said.”
