it and didn t say anything. this is jim jordan in a local tv interview saying it never happened. it s false. i mean, i never saw, never heard of, never was told about any type of abuse. conversations in a locker room are a lot different than people coming up talking about abuse. no one ever reported any abuse to me. if they had, i would have dealt with it. what bothers me the most is the guys that are saying this thing, i know they know the truth. i know they do. that s obviously with fox news. i thought it was back home in ohio. to the point where he says, i saw nothing, this is not true, these guy who are saying that i did know, know that i didn t know. this is an ongoing investigation. yet, he has the confidence in the middle of that to say, i m going to run to lead my fellow house republicans. well, he has given some conflicting answers on this front. i think that this is not over in terms of him being asked about this in the press, particularly back home, demanding more answ
culture to politico as a quote, cesspool of deviancy. mark coleman told the wall street journal, quote, there s no way unless he s got dementia or something that he s got no recollection of what was going on at ohio state. quote, i ve got nothing but respect for this man but he knew as far as i m concerned. but others have rushed to jordan s defense including former coaches and student wrestlers. some telling the washington examiner that jordan would have been incapable of ignoring abuse. jordan has maintained he knew nothing about the alleged abuse and suggests the story may have surfaced simply because of politics. i never saw, never heard of, never was told of any type of abuse. if i had been, i would have dealt with it. our coaching staff, we would have dealt with it. these are student athletes. a good coach puts of the interest of his student athletes first. no one ever reported any abuse to me. if they had, i would have dealt
abuse. if there had been that, we would have dealt with it. so did you hear it in the locker room? no. i never saw, never heard of, never was told about any type of abuse. if i had been, i would have dealt with it. the congressman has called the timing of the allegations suspect, and with jordan considering a run for speaker of the house, these accusations could have national political implications. some former wrestlers and coaches have come to the congressman s defense with the coaches saying in a statement, what has been said about jim jordan is absolutely wrong. we all worked on the wrestling coaching staff during jim s tenure at the ohio state university. none of us saw or heard of abuse of osu wrestlers. if we had heard of any abuse, we would have spoken up. we ll be back with more mtp daily right after the break. a hotel can make or break a trip. and at expedia, we don t think you should be rushed into booking one. that s why we created expedia s add-on advantage. now af
ambassador to germany, richard grinell on the pending sit-down between president trump and putin as well as a tariff showdown between the u.s. and europe s largest economy. right here 10:00 a.m. eastern only on fox news channel. the family of former ohio state university team doctor now saying they are cooperating with the school s independent investigation as congressman jim jordon goes on the defense calling claims he ignored abuse while coaching wrestling there bogus. jordan discussing the matter at length for the first time in an interview last night with bret baier on special report. gillian turner reports from our d.c. bureau. ohio congressman jim jordan is hitting back against accusations from six people that he ignored sexual abuse while coaching wrestling at ohio state university. it is false. i mean, i never saw, never heard of, never was told about any type of abuse. if i had been, i would have dealt with it. our coaching staff, we would have dealt with it. these were
ago. here s what jordan said. it s fall. i never saw, never heard of, never was told of any kind of abuse. conversations is a lot different than coming up and talking in conversations. if they had, i would have dealt with it. what bothers me the most, is the guys are saying this thing, i know they know the truth. i know they do. joining me now to discuss this, cnn political commentator and former senior adviser to the trump campaign jack king and democratic strategist john summers. thanks for joining me. what do you make of jordan s defense here? because i ve heard the accusers, and i ve also heard his side. i know jim well. he s a man of integrity and honesty, and he also took on the speaker of the house from his own home state. somebody s willing to take on