Over the past decade, Rep. Jim Jordan has shown an eagerness to confront adversaries, and now he’s poised to take on his biggest battles yet.
Mr. Jordan, Ohio Republican, likely will become chairman of the House Judiciary Committee next year if Republicans reclaim the majority. The committee oversees the Department of Homeland Security, the Justice Department, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It also has jurisdiction over impeachment proceedings.
“I always seem to be on the committees where there’s a fight,” Mr. Jordan said in an interview with The Washington Times. “When I think there is a witness that’s paid for by the taxpayers I represent – someone in the government that’s been lying to us, lying to them, lying to ‘we the people’ – it is my duty to go after that individual, demonstrate where they have misinformed the country, and try to hold them accountable.