Jim Jordan claims horrific report on sex abuse at Ohio State exonerates him. It doesn't. [View all]

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Jim Jordan claims horrific report on sex abuse at Ohio State exonerates him. It doesn’t.
The report says the abuse was an "open secret" when the Ohio congressman was employed by the university.
Lindsay Gibbs
May 18, 2019, 10:52 am

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“It confirms everything I’ve said before,” Jordan told reporters on Capitol Hill on Friday. “I didn’t know about anything. If I would’ve, I’d have done something.”

While the report did not mention Jordan by name, it also did not confirm that he knew nothing.

In fact, according to the report, many former students interviewed were adamant that Strauss’ abuse was an “open secret” on campus — that athletes, coaches, trainers, and administrative staff were all aware of Strauss’ propensity to shower with students, often multiple times a day, but took no steps to protect them.

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But his denials have not satisfied the men he used to coach.

“There’s no way unless he’s got dementia or something that he’s got no recollection of what was going on at Ohio State,” said one of Strauss’s alleged victims, former UFC world champion Mark Coleman.

Despite the allegations that Jordan knew about Strauss’ abuse and did not act to protect student-athletes — which led to widespread calls for his resignation — the Ohio congressman easily won another term in 2018. He is currently serves in a leadership role on the House Oversight Committee.