Now, Rep. Jim Jordan has emerged as the GOP's point man in the public phase of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
Now Rep. Jim Jordan has emerged as the GOP's point man in the public phase of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
Where Democrats allege that Mr. Trump improperly used his office to try to get a foreign government to investigate a political rival, Mr. Jordan and other Republicans argue that the president's opponents are trying to connect unrelated events, based largely on hearsay, to undo the result of the 2016 election.
Friday's exchange between Mr. Jordan and Mr. Schiff was one of a number of clashes between the two men since impeachment hearings went public.
In politics, Mr. Jordan racked up underdog wins - including a surprise victory in 2000 against veteran state Rep. Jim Buchy in the Republican primary for state Senate - mainly by outworking his opponents.
Just before the public impeachment hearings began, Republican leadership temporarily reassigned Mr. Jordan from the Oversight Committee, where he serves as ranking member, to Intelligence, which is in charge of the inquiry.
To Democrats, Mr. Jordan's new role is just another sign of Republicans' determination to focus on style and not the substance of the impeachment inquiry.
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2019/1119/On-impeachment-Jim-Jordan-goes-for-the-takedown
Now Rep. Jim Jordan has emerged as the GOP's point man in the public phase of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
Where Democrats allege that Mr. Trump improperly used his office to try to get a foreign government to investigate a political rival, Mr. Jordan and other Republicans argue that the president's opponents are trying to connect unrelated events, based largely on hearsay, to undo the result of the 2016 election.
Friday's exchange between Mr. Jordan and Mr. Schiff was one of a number of clashes between the two men since impeachment hearings went public.
In politics, Mr. Jordan racked up underdog wins - including a surprise victory in 2000 against veteran state Rep. Jim Buchy in the Republican primary for state Senate - mainly by outworking his opponents.
Just before the public impeachment hearings began, Republican leadership temporarily reassigned Mr. Jordan from the Oversight Committee, where he serves as ranking member, to Intelligence, which is in charge of the inquiry.
To Democrats, Mr. Jordan's new role is just another sign of Republicans' determination to focus on style and not the substance of the impeachment inquiry.
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2019/1119/On-impeachment-Jim-Jordan-goes-for-the-takedown
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