Congressman Jim Jordan refuses to cooperate with 6 January committee

The Ohio Republican, claiming an outrageous abuse' of authority, is the second member of Congress to resist the investigation

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The Ohio Republican Jim Jordan is the second sitting congressman to refuse a request for cooperation from the House select committee investigating the Capitol attack.

In a Sunday night letter to the committee chair, Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, the Trump ally accused the panel of an outrageous abuse" of its authority.