BUT THERE, AS IN OTHER INSTANCES, PUTIN HAS PUSHED THE
ENVELOPE AND DONE THINGS THAT
OTHER RUSSIAN LEADERS HAVE NOT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
CONGRESSMAN JIM JORDAN HAS
DENIED CLAIMS THAT HE IGNORED
DECADES’ OLD ALLEGATIONS OF
SEXUAL ABUSE MADE BY MEMBERS OF
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
WRESTLING TEAM AGAINST THEIR
TEAM DOCTOR.
TEAM DOCTOR. JORDAN TOLD POLITICO ON TUESDAY,
IT’S NOT TRUE.
I WAS NEVER TOLD OF ANY KIND OF
ABUSE.
ABUSE. IF I DID, I WOULD HAVE DONE
SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
IF THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE
ABUSED, THAT’S TERRIBLE.
WE WANT JUSTICE TO HAPPEN.
THREE FORMER WRESTLES TOLD NBC
NEWS THAT IT WAS COMMON
KNOWLEDGE THAT THE TEAM’S DOCTOR
REGULARLY SHOWERED WITH STUDENTS
AND TOUCHED THEM DURING
APPOINTMENTS.
APPOINTMENTS. ONE WRESTLER SAID HE TALKED TO
JORDAN DIRECTLY ABOUT THE ABUSE.
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCED
IN APRIL IT WAS INVESTIGATING
THE CLAIMS.
THE CLAIMS. THE REPUBLICAN HOUSE FREEDOM
CAUCUS WAS THE ASSISTANT
WRESTLING COACH AT THE
UNIVERSITY FROM 1986 TO 1994.
JORDAN HAS REPEATEDLY SAID HE
KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THE
ALLEGATIONS UNTIL THE FORMER
STUDENTS WENT PUBLIC THIS YEAR.
>> MIKE ALLEN, YOU LOOK AT ALL
THE COMMENTS FROM FORMER
WRESTLERS, FORMER, CLOSE FRIENDS
AND ASSOCIATES OF JIM JORDAN.
THEY SAID THAT HIS LOCKER WAS
RIGHT NEXT TO THE DOCTOR’S.
HE HAD SAID IF THE DOCTOR HAD
TRIED ANYTHING ON HIM HE WOULD
TAKE CARE OF HIM.
IT SEEMS THAT EVERYBODY THAT WAS
AROUND JIM JORDAN AT THE TIME
KNEW, HE HAD TO KNOW ALL OF THIS
WAS GOING ON.
IN FACT, HE SAID SOME THINGS
SUGGESTING HE DID KNOW IT WAS
GOING ON.
GOING ON. >> YOU TALK ABOUT BEING ON THE
WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY.
AGAIN AND AGAIN, THESE INCIDENTS
THAT WERE PUT ASIDE ARE NOW
COMING BACK.
COMING BACK. WE’VE SEEN PEOPLE LOSING JOBS
THAT THEY HAVE BEEN OFFERED
BECAUSE OF THEIR PAST
INVOLVEMENT WITH SOME OF THESE
SCANDALS.
SCANDALS. AND WHAT WE SEE IS THAT SO MANY
YOUNG ATHLETES OVER THE YEARS
CLEARLY WERE VICTIMIZED IN THIS
WAY AND ONLY NOW ARE SOME OF
THEM GETTING SOME KIND OF
JUSTICE OR VINDICATION.
>> MIKE, BEFORE YOU GO, TELL US
ABOUT AXIOS’ REPORT THIS MORNING
ON TRUMP’S BLIND SPOT.
>> JUST ONE?
>> I MEAN, NARROW IT.
WE’LL NARROW IT DOWN TO THE ONE
YOU’RE REPORTING ON.
>> WE TALKED TO BUSH 43 ALUMNI
WHEN HOUSE DEMOCRATS WON THEIR
ELECTION AND THEY’RE SAYING THAT
THIS WHITE HOUSE HAS NO IDEA
WHAT IS ABOUT TO COME IF
DEMOCRATS GET THE HOUSE.
YOU SUDDENLY HAVE DEMOCRATS WITH
SUBPOENA POWER WHO CAN CALL YOU
UP TO TESTIFY CONSTANTLY AND GET
IN YOUR E-MAIL AND GET IN YOUR
BUDGETS AND GET IN TO YOUR
SCHEDULES AND THE BUSH WHITE
HOUSE SAW THIS COMING, OF
COURSE, 2006 WAS A LOT OF UNHAP
UNHAPPINESS ABOUT THE IRAQ WAR.
THEY KNEW THE DEMOCRATS WOULD
TAKE THE HOUSE AND THEY FORMED
WHAT THEY CALLED AND AND WHAT
WAS COMING WITH DEMOCRATS.
JOE AND MIKA, I’M GLAD YOU’RE
SITTING DOWN.
SITTING DOWN. YOU’RE GOING TO BE SHOCKED BY
THIS.
THIS. THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE DOESN’T
HAVE AN OSG, THE TRUMP WHITE
HOUSE IS NOT PREPARING FOR WHAT
COULD COME WITH HOUSE DEMOCRATS.
WHAT ONE AIDE SAID TO ME, WE
CAN’T EVEN PREPARE FOR WHAT IS
RIGHT IN FRONT OF US, YET ALONE
PREPARE FOR SOMETHING THAT MIGHT
COME IN SIX MONTHS.
>> YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY THAT
CONTINUES TO TALK TO HIM SAYS
THE SAME THING.
THEY ARE JUST SHOCKED BY HOW
ISOLATED HE IS AND HOW ANYBODY
THAT, WELL, ANYBODY WHO DELIVERS
BAD NEWS IS IMMEDIATELY PUSHED
OUT.
OUT. BUT NOBODY IS ABLE TO DELIVER
BAD NEWS, HE LIVES IN HIS OWN
BUBBLE.
BUBBLE. HE LIVES IN HIS OWN WORLD AND
YOU DO NOT SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER
WITH THIS PRESIDENT BECAUSE
HE’LL FIRE YOU OR HE’LL PUSH YOU
ASIDE, LIKE HIS CHIEF OF STAFF.
>> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. WHERE I THINK THERE’S SOME
REPORTING THAT HE THINKS THE
PRESIDENT COULD PEA HISBE HIS OW
OF STAFF.
OF STAFF. >> THANK YOU, MIKE.
>>> STILL AHEAD ON "MORNING
JOE," THE "NEW YORK TIMES" CALLS
IT A SERIES OF PRESIDENTIAL
TWEETS ALL APPARENTLY INSPIRED
BY FOX NEWS WERE EITHER
EXAGGERATED, UNSUBSTANTIATED OR
JUST PLAIN FALSE.
IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE THE
MISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN IS
ACTUALLY GETTING WORSE.
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