on january 6th, then-president donald trump got a frantic call from house republican leader kevin mccarthy. at the time, the mob was reportedly breaking into his office through the windows and mccarthy begged trump to stop them from overrunnings capitol. but kevin mccarthy was not the only person who pleaded with trump on the phone call to call off the attack. politico is now reporting that as lawmakers were evacuated to a safe room, congressman jim jordan of ohio was joined by congressman matt gaetz of florida. together, this is politico s reporting, implored trump to tell his supporters to stand down per a source with knowledge of that call. when asked about the call by politico s olivia beavers, congressman jordan responded quote, look, i definitely spoke to the president that day. i don t recall. i know it was more than once, i just don t recall the times. he is getting very good at that, huh? the january-6th committee. this raises important, new questions. did leader mccarth
after the capitol was attacked? i d have to go i i i spoke with him, that day, after? i think after? i don t know if i spoke with him in the morning or not. i i just don t know. i had have to go back and i i mean, i don t i don t know that that when when those conversations happened. but um after months of we finally have some inkling about what exactly jim jordan was talking to donald trump about as rioters swarmed the capitol. that s next. l. that s next. [singing] oven roasted cooold cuts cooold cuts introducing aleve x. it s fast, powerful long-lasting relief with a revolutionary, rollerball design. because with the right pain reliever. life opens up. aleve it, and see what s possible.
responding. first off, yes or no, did you speak with president trump on january 6th? yeah. i mean, i speak i spoke with the president last week. i speak with the president all the time. i spoke with him on january 6th. i mean, i talked with president trump all the time. and that s that s i don t think that s unusual. i would expect members of congress to talk with the president of the united states when they are trying to get done the things they told the voters in their district to do. i i i i m actually kind of amazed sometimes that people keep asking this. of course, i talk with the president all the time. like said, i talked with him last week. on january 6th, did you speak with him before, during, or after the capitol was attacked? i d have to go i i i spoke with him, that day, after? i think after? i don t know if i spoke with him in the morning or not. i i just don t know. aide have to go back and i mean, i don t i don t i don t know that when
of congressman jim jordan just squirming as he is unable to answer this very simplest question. did you speak to donald trump on the day of the insurrection? he did not stop there. the reporter pressed congressman jordan about a number of topics including whether his involvement planning the trump rally the morning of the attack on the capitol. did you ever take part in any meetings or discussions about the the trump event? the rally down at the white house that was being planned ahead of time? i wasn t at the rally. didn t go. didn t didn t didn t attend the event. did you help plan it at all? or were you involved in any discussions? that was done by their political team i think. i m not sure who planned it but i didn t. the reporter also pressed jim jordan on what congresswoman liz cheney of wyoming said about possibly calling him before the select committee as a material witness. well, new reporting today shows congressman jordan was on the phone with donald trump t