and mr. vonte said he should have answered about 90% of the questions congressman jordan had in that hearing. i m like great, we know that now. it would have would have been nice to get the answers in the hearing. brian: the fbi told him not to answer it. told him not to answer at that time now they are saying he should have answered 90% of the questions i asked him. that s a problem. that s been the pattern there is a point where the frustration gets so high not just for us, more importantly for the american people that you have to use every means that you have at your disposal to get the information including contempt, including impeachment. ainsley: you knew when you sent this letter there would be criticism from the left. nancy pelosi came out and saying you are trying to impeach rod rosenstein because there is controversy you have been involved in she says. she says you are i doing this to divert allegations swirling around ohio state s wrestling program. explain what happened w
atmosphere that surrounded the ohio state wrestling program back then. one of the men would talked with nbc news says he complained directly to jordan at the time. we should also tell you six former wrestling coaching at ohio state released a statement saying the allegations against jordan are, quote, absolutely wrong adding, none of us saw or heard of abuse of osu wrestlers. the well-being of student athletes was always of our concern. if we had heard of any abuse, we would have spoken up. jordan said the accusations may be politically driven. he suggests the controversy may be in response to his recent tough questioning of attorney general deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. and today the congressman was on the offensive attacking the continuing news coverage in this form, quote, now cnn is contacting all 100 plus of our former taff and interns asking for dirt on me. getting desperate. how can you ever trust such #fakenews? another break for us, coming up,
i ve known him for six years. i know he s a guy that fightses for the underdog. always has and you know i ve had a number of conversations with him and really at this particular point, i know that if abuse allegations were brought up to him, he d have been the first one to come to the defense. four former college wrestlers tell nbc news that jordan knew about the alleged abuse while he was working there as an assistant coach. they paint a salacious picture of a highly charged sexual sphere that surrounded the ohio state wrestling program back then. one of the men who talked with nbc news says he complained directly to jordan at the time. we should also tell you six former wrestling coaches at ohio state released a statement saying the allegations against jordan are absolutely wrong adding none of us saw or heard of abuse of osu wrestlers. the well-being of student athletes was all of our concern. if we had heard of any abuse, we
whether or not it is portrayed as a joke, whether or not it s portrayed as a kind of chuckling sort of thing. and he seems not to have at least according to many of these folks coming forward. and that s a problem. paul kaine, can you sort of put in context for us what wrestling and the ohio state wrestling program would mean to jim jordan? jim jordan s political identity was really kind of formed in his days as a high school wrestler and can legolle wrestler. it is also increasingly become more of a rural and ei white sport. and that is what founded his identity. the jordan family has produced more state champions in ohio wrestling in high school than any family at all. it is to go after him on wres
and standing up for issues that are so important to this country and me too is one of those issues. you mentioned civility. i mean, that s something that this white house just recently called for. sarah sanders stood at the podium and called for civility and wanna, this is a man, a president who yes, indeed, has been facing sexual harassment or assault allegations for multiple women, which he vihamently denies. then he said this about congressman republican congressman jim jordan, who allegedly knew about this widespread abuse within ohio state university wrestling program which he denies, but this is what the president said about jim jordan. i don t believe them at all. these are the men with these allegations. i believe him. jim jordan is one of the most outstanding people i ve met since i have been in washington. i believe him 100%.