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Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is moving fast to claim a leadership post in the new House minority after Republicans lost control of the chamber Tuesday.

Jordan will announce Wednesday morning that he’s running for House minority leader, Punchbowl News founder Jake Sherman reported.

“The Ohio Republican is the first person in the minority leader race,” Sherman wrote. “JORDAN will make the case that the leadership needs new blood, investigations are his specialty.”...

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) warned Sunday that if Democrats win back the House, they will go after President Donald Trump, his family, his cabinet and even private businesses, The Hill reported.

"They say they're not going to, but we know they will –– they'll do a third impeachment of President Trump," Jordan said on "Cats Roundtable," the WABC 770 AM radio show hosted by John Catsimatidis. "But that's just part of it. They're going to investigate the first family, they're going to investigate cabinet secretaries."

Jordan, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, singled out its top Democrat, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.). He said Democrats would try to impeach FBI Director Kash Patel, Attorney General Todd Blanche, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth....

A GOP leader is going after his conference after Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) announced his plans to give up the House Judiciary Committee gavel.

According to a Thursday Politico article, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) tore into his party for allowing waivers for veteran committee chairs to keep the gavel. His comments came after Jordan announced that he doesn't plan to seek waivers to stay on as the chair of the Judiciary Committee after leading it for eight years.

"I've never liked waivers," Emmer told Politico at the GOP midterm convention. He said that getting rid of waivers is "one of the things that helped the Republican majority stay more connected to Main Street."...

After Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) announced he plans to step down from a major leadership role, online critics are reacting with intrigue and mockery.

According to reporting by Politico on Wednesday, Jordan announced he will not seek a waiver to stay on as the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. Jordan has held the role for eight years, and he would need a waiver of the GOP's three-term limit on leaders of the Judiciary Committee to keep the gavel.

"I'm just not going to do it," Jordan told Politico. "I'm focused on one thing, one thing only: winning. If the left wins, where they want to take the country is very, very scary."...

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) will give up his seat as the leader of the House Judiciary Committee after eight years with the gavel.

According to a Wednesday report by Politico, Jordan said on the sidelines of the GOP midterm convention that he doesn't plan to seek a waiver of the GOP's three-term limit for committee leadership of the Judiciary Committee. He also revealed that he doesn't plan to return as the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, but he didn't offer much reason why.

"I'm just not going to do it," Jordan told Politico. ...

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) was backed into a corner on Thursday during a CNN interview when anchor Kasie Hunt asked him to respond to domestic abuse allegations involving a fellow GOP lawmaker from Jordan's home state.

Hunt asked Jordan to comment on Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) after reports that Miller, who was married to Sen. Bernie Moreno's daughter Emily Moreno, had allegedly scalded her with hot water and held a gun to her head.

Jordan initially responded to Hunt's question and said "this is a family matter." ...