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
washington. ohio congressman jim jordan hitting back after accusations from six people he ignored sexual abuse while coaching wrestling at ohio state university. it is false. i never saw, heard of, 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 are our student athletes. male athletes from 14 different sports at osu alleging sexual misconduct by richard strauss. he served on the medical team and conducted research at the university in the 1980s. and he passed away in 2005. the most vocal appears as a former wrestler. he claims jordan knew of the ongoing abuse for years. i have a lot of affinity for jim jordan as a coach as an athlete. as a friend. at the end of the day, i have got a duty to myself and others
since i have been in washington. and now, at least five former wrestlers have accused jordan of knowing what was going on and doing nothing. i recall one day jim jordan s locker was next to dock straus, and he just had taken a shower and dressing for his, to exit the building or go wherever he was going, and he saw another male athlete come into the locker room with his shirt off, i would call one of his favorites, he had his favorite. and he saw the guy coming in and he stopped in his tracks turned around and went back in the shower, back in the shower, and i remember jim jordan looking at me and i go wow. your reaction first to all of this. it is false. i never saw, never heard of, never was told of any type of abuse. if i had been, i would have dealt with it.
can i get a connection? can i get can i get a connection? can i get a connection? republican congressman jim jordan is firing back at a group of former ohio state wrestlers who say he knew about alleged sexual misconduct by the team doctor but did nothing to stop it. in a new interview he denied the accusations that stem from his time as an assistant wrestling coach. it happened about three decades ago. never saw, never heard of, never was told about any type of abuse. if i had been, i would have dealt with it. what bothers me the most is the guys that are saying this thing,
allegations repeatedly, including in an interview earlier tonight. your reaction, first, to all of this. it s 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 our student athletes. jordan had a different explanation for much of what s since come to light. conversations in a locker room are a lot different than allegations of abuse or reported abuse to us. conversations in a locker room are a lot different than people coming up and talking about abuse. conversations in the locker room are a lot different than someone coming up to you and saying there was some kind of abuse. so did you hear it in the locker room? no. no. no type of abuse. we did not hear that. with me now, cory who s done great, great work on this story. thank you very much. cory, let s start with i just want to start with what we know about the underlying allegation