The former ethics chief in the Obama administration has filed a formal complaint against Rep. Jim Jordan regarding the mounting accusations that Jordan ignored allegations of sexual misconduct by a team doctor while Jordan was an assistant wrestling coach at Ohio State University, according to The Hill.
Norm Eisen, who was a part of former President Barack Obama’s transition team and served as the special counsel for Ethics and Government Reform for the White House, said the truth needs to come out about what Jordan did or did not know.
"There is a direct and irreconcilable conflict between the public statements made by seven former Ohio State student wrestlers that Rep. Jordan knew wrestling team members were being sexually abused by the team doctor, and Rep. Jordan's denial that he had any knowledge of the abuses," the complaint read. "This is a very serious matter that directly reflects on the integrity of the House of Representatives as an institution and on the credibility of its Members."
As of Monday, seven former Ohio State wrestlers have accused Jordan, who was a former assistant wrestling coach from 1986 to 1994, of knowing about sexual misconduct by former team doctor Richard Strauss from the mid-1970s to late 1990s. Strauss killed himself in 2005,
Jordan has adamantly denied any knowledge of the misconduct on multiple occasions. Two former wrestlers have supported Jordan by saying it is likely that Jordan was unaware of Strauss’s misconduct.
Eisen, along with Fred Wertheimer of the nonprofit watchdog organization Democracy 21, filed the complaint to the Office of Congressional ethics, saying that if Jordan is lying about what he knew at Ohio State then he should be held accountable for it, according to House Rules.
