Republicans 'serious' about moving Jim Jordan to House Intelligence for public impeachment fight
by Daniel Chaitin
| November 04, 2019 08:16 PM
Republican Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan may join the House Intelligence Committee, where the staunch defender of President Trump can take part in the upcoming public impeachment hearings.
Jordan, who has been a fierce critic of how the majority Democrats have so far handled impeachment proceedings, has taken a leading role in questioning impeachment witnesses in closed-door depositions. But a resolution passed last week on party lines would exclude him from the public hearings to be conducted by the Intelligence Committee.
Now discussions about temporarily shifting Jordan over to the intelligence panel are "serious and ongoing," a senior Republican told CBS News.
Rep. Mark Meadows said Jordan "would be a good addition to augment the HPSCI team." But if the plan does not pan out, the North Carolina Republican added, "There is no doubt that they are very capable should his addition not be plausible."
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