WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol is asking Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio for information about his communications with President Donald Trump on the day of the attack.
Committee Chair Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., sent Jordan, a vocal Trump ally, a letter Wednesday saying the panel believes Jordan spoke "had at least one and possibly multiple communications with President Trump on January 6th."
"We would like to discuss each such communication with you in detail," Thompson said.
Jordan's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from NBC News. In an appearance on Fox News Wednesday night, Jordan said, "We’re going to review the letter."
"This is not what the American people are concerned about," Jordan added.
Thompson said public reporting suggests that "you may also have information about meetings with White House officials and the then-President in November and December 2020, and early-January 2021, about strategies for overturning the results of the 2020 election."
Thompson also said the panel wants to ask Jordan about his involvement in discussions surrounding the possibility of presidential pardons for people involved in any aspect of the attack or the planning for Jan. 6.
Jordan, who was a Republican ally of Trump's when he was in office, was one of the 147 lawmakers who took part in the last-ditch effort to derail Joe Biden’s legitimate victory by raising objections to the Electoral College results.
The committee requested information from Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., in a similar letter Monday, saying the bipartisan panel has evidence connecting him to events surrounding the attack on the Capitol.
Perry announced Tuesday that he would not comply with the committee.
"I stand with immense respect for our Constitution, the Rule of Law, and the Americans I represent who know that this entity is illegitimate, and not duly constituted under the rules of the US House of Representatives," he said in a series of tweets.
Separately, Jordan's office confirmed last week that he was one of the lawmakers whose text messages to Mark Meadows, then the White House chief of staff, were released by the committee.
The Jan. 6 committee has made public numerous documents, including text messages, that were provided by Meadows. The committee revealed several text messages to Meadows sent by GOP lawmakers, whom it did not name.
