Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan has called for an investigation into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and members of the once-Democrat-led January 6 Commission that investigated the events at the U.S. Capitol in 2021.
While briefly speaking to CNN reporter Manu Raju, Jordan wasted little time saying the investigation was nothing more than a witch hunt aimed at going after then-candidate Donald Trump. He also said the Commission should investigate Pelosi and what she knows about what happened on Jan. 6.
Below is a transcript of the exchange:
RAJU: “Mr. Jordan, what do you hope to accomplish on the Republican side of this investigation?”
JORDAN: “You know what this is about. This is about going after President Trump, you know. I mean, the Democrats, they don’t want to talk about anything else so they got to talk about this. They don’t want to talk about the crime that’s going on in every major urban area. Continues…