The evidence Congressman Jim Jordan knew about the sexual assaults on young men at Ohio State mounts. Jordan was assistant wrestling coach when Dr. Richard Strauss, a team doctor, molested a confirmed 177 young men. Dozens of these victims have filed lawsuits against the university.
Adam DiSabato, brother of Mike DiSabato one of the victims, was a wrestler and testified before the Ohio legislature in early February 2020 that he told then-assistant wrestling coach Jim Jordan about the assaults. Other members of the wrestling team sat behind DiSabato in a show of support for his words.
Fox news reported on February 13, 2020 that Jordan called Adam DiSabato several times “begging” him to contradict his brother. The calls were so annoying that DiSabato’s lawyer contacted Jordan to tell him to stop.
Jordan has denied all knowledge of the sexual assaults. But others, including a referee, claim the congressman knew.
Jordan, who is one of President Trump’s strongest supporters, claims the school’s analysis exonerates him. That is not true. The report names no names and only mentions some “officials” knew.
This scandal is disgusting on many levels: the assaults themselves; a coach-now congressman apparently lying about about a sexual predator; the President’s continued embrace of Jordan, praising the Congressman’s wrestling body (I wonder what Freud would say); and the Republican Party’s failure to hold Jordan accountable. The last point stands in sharp contrast to the Democrat’s quick rebuke of Senator Al Frankin.
