The House of Representatives January 6 committee's report released on Thursday outlines the role allegedly played by Republican Representative Jim Jordan in plans to undermine the 2020 presidential election.
The 845-page report published by the Select Committee describes Jordan as a "significant player" in efforts by former President Trump to overturn the election results following his defeat.
Jordan, who represents Ohio's 4th congressional district, has been a key Trump ally and was one of five Republicans who released their own counter-report on the events of January 6 on Wednesday.
Those five Republicans had been nominated to serve on the Select Committee by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, but Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi vetoed their appointment to the committee.
The January 6 committee's report said Jordan "was a significant player in President Trump's efforts."
"He participated in numerous post-election meetings in which senior White House officials, Rudolph Giuliani, and others, discussed strategies for challenging the election, chief among them claims that the election had been tainted by fraud," the report says.
"On January 2, 2021, Representative Jordan led a conference call in which he, President Trump, and other Members of Congress discussed strategies for delaying the January 6th joint session," the report went on.
"During that call, the group also discussed issuing social media posts encouraging President Trump's supporters to 'march to the Capitol' on the 6th," the committee said.
The report goes on to describe a text message Jordan sent to then White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on January 5, 2021, "passing along advice that Vice
President Pence should 'call out all the electoral votes that he believes are unconstitutional as no electoral votes at all.'"
Pence did not reject any Electoral College votes on January 6 and has said he did not have the power to do so in his role presiding over the certification process.
The committee's report also says that Jordan spoke with Trump by phone "at least twice" on January 6, but the report adds "he has provided inconsistent public statements about how many times they spoke and what they discussed."
Jordan also received five calls from former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani on the same day and "the two connected at least twice, at 7:33 p.m. and 7:49 p.m."
"And, in the days following January 6th, Representative Jordan spoke with White House staff about the prospect of Presidential pardons for Members of Congress," the committee went on.
The report notes that while the Select Committee issued Jordan with a subpoena, he did not appear. The committee has referred Jordan to the House Ethics Committee for failure to comply with the subpoena.
The counter report issued by Jordan and his four Republican colleagues on Wednesday focused on security failings at the Capitol as well as Pelosi's role in relation to security.
Newsweek has asked Jim Jordan's office for comment.
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