Pelosi: Jordan’s push to impeach Rosenstein an effort to distract from OSU wrestling scandal
By Mike Lillis - 07/26/18 12:56 PM EDT
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday suggested the conservative push to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was launched, at least in part, to divert attention from Rep. Jim Jordan’s (R-Ohio) entanglements in the sexual abuse investigation swirling around Ohio State University's wrestling program.
Jordan, a conservative firebrand who helped introduce the impeachment articles against Rosenstein on Wednesday, was an assistant coach for OSU’s wrestling team decades ago when a now-deceased medical doctor is accused of sexually abusing scores of athletes across a spectrum of sports.
A number of the accusers have said Jordan knew of the abuse and did nothing to stop it — a charge the six-term lawmaker vehemently denies.
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