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    The sexual abuse scandal that haunts Trump’s pick for House speaker

    WASHINGTON — Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a darling of the right, is former President Donald Trump’s pick to replace the ousted Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House. But as Jordan campaigns for the speaker’s gavel, several men from his past are speaking out about a major sexual abuse scandal at Ohio State University, where Jordan worked as an assistant wrestling coach from 1987 to 1995, ...
    by Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times Oct 11, 2023 4 minutes
    Jim Jordan talks to reporters as he leaves a candidate forum with House Republicans to hear from members running for U.S. Speaker of House in the Rayburn House Office Building on Oct. 10, 2023, in Washington, D.C. House Republicans are working to elect a new speaker after the House passed a Motion to Vacate that removed former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy...

    WASHINGTON — Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a darling of the right, is former President Donald Trump’s pick to replace the ousted Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House.

    But as Jordan campaigns for the speaker’s gavel, several men from his past are speaking out about a major sexual abuse scandal at Ohio State University, where Jordan worked as an assistant wrestling coach from 1987 to 1995, repeating allegations — which Jordan denies — that he knew about the abuse.

    The wrestlers and other advocates for survivors, including former Fox News star Gretchen Carlson, have argued that Jordan has missed recent opportunities to help abuse

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