jordan has previously denied having any knowledge of the abuse saying the allegations he was told about are politically motivated. his office did not respond to our request for comment. the lawsuit comes as house republican leaders today named jordan to the house intelligence committee. giving jordan known as president trump s most aggressive defender, a more prominent role in the committee s impeachment hearings. tonight osu called strauss actions reprehensible. strauss died by suicide in 2005. his horrifying legacy raising new questions about what should have been done to stop him. jeff bennett, nbc news, the capitol. and coming up tim alberta, the reporter who literally wrote the book on the republican party and donald trump writes today in politico, quote, there s a sizable number of republican senators and representatives who believe trump s removal from office is not an altogether radical idea. that s next.
to pull his pants down. i had told him this is not right. reporter: yet who s not part of the latest lawsuit said jordan failed to address it. jordan previously denied having knowledge of the abuse. his office did not respond to our request for comment. the lawsuit comes as house republican leaders today named jordan to the house intelligence committee giving jordan, known as president trump s most aggressive defender, a more prominent role in the committee impeachment hearing. tonight osu called strauss s actions reprehensible adding it has added multiple safeguards in the 20 years since strauss left the university. strauss died by suicide in 2005, his horrifying legacy raising new questions about what should have been done to stop him. that is our broadcast for this friday night and for this week. thank you for being here with us.
knowledge of the abuse. his office did not respond to our request for comment. the lawsuit comes as house republican leaders today named jordan to the house intelligence committee giving jordan, known as president trump s most aggressive defender, a more prominent role in the committee impeachment hearing. tonight osu called strauss s actions reprehensible adding it has added multiple safeguards in the 20 years since strauss left the university. strauss died by suicide in 2005, his horrifying legacy raising new questions about what should have been done to stop him. that is our broadcast for this friday night and for this week. thank you for being here with us. good night from our nbc news headquarters here in new york.
shrugged it off saying yeah, that s strauss. everybody talked about strauss. reporter: former ohio state wrestler also says he complained directly to jim jordan after he said strauss once tried to pull his pants down. i had told him, hey, this is not right. reporter: not part of the latest lawsuit, he says jordan failed to address it. jordan has previously denied having any knowledge of the abuse saying the allegations he was told about are politically motivated. his office did not respond to our request for comment. the lawsuit comes as house republican leaders today named jordan to the house intelligence committee. giving jordan known as president trump s most aggressive defender, a more prominent role in the committee s impeachment hearings. tonight osu called strauss a actions reprehensible. strauss died by suicide in 2005.
republican leaders today named jordan to the house intelligence committee. giving jordan, known as president trump s most aggressive defender, a more prominent role in the committee s public impeachment hearings. tonight osu called strauss actions reprehensible. adding it has implemented multiple safeguards since that time. strauss died by suicide in 2005. his horrifying legacy raising new questions about what should have been done to stop him. jeff bennett, nbc news, the capitol. and coming, up tim alberta, the reporter, writes today in politico, quote, there s a sizable number of republican senators and representatives who believe trump s removal from office is not an altogether radical idea. that s next.