Speaker Pelosi Blocks Jim Jordan From Serving On 1/6 Committee

Speaker Pelosi said successful a statement:

Monday evening, the Minority Leader recommended 5 Members to service connected the Select Committee.  I person spoken with him this greeting astir the objections raised astir Representatives Jim Banks and Jim Jordan and the interaction their appointments whitethorn person connected the integrity of the investigation.  I besides informed him that I was prepared to name Representatives Rodney Davis, Kelly Armstrong and Troy Nehls, and requested that helium urge 2 different Members.

With respect for the integrity of the investigation, with an insistence connected the information and with interest astir statements made and actions taken by these Members, I indispensable cull the recommendations of Representatives Banks and Jordan to the Select Committee.

The unprecedented quality of January 6th demands this unprecedented decision.

Jim Jordan Could Be Called To Testify Before The 1/6 Committee

It was a no-brainer for Pelosi to cull Jordan, whose sole intent for serving connected the committee would person been to crook it into a circus. Jordan told reporters connected Tuesday that helium wanted to usage the committee to analyse Speaker Pelosi for the insurrection.

However, what astir apt got him booted disconnected of the committee was Rep. Jordan’s admittance that helium whitethorn beryllium called arsenic a witnesser to attest successful the investigation, which means that Kevin McCarthy wanted idiosyncratic who perchance provided assistance and comfortableness to the home terrorists to service connected the committee investigating the violent attack.

The 1/6 Committee is simply a superior probe, which means it has nary spot for a partisan clown similar Jim Jordan.