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Who have come out in support of jim jordan. is there any reason to believe that theres a circling of the wagons right now in order to protect one of their own as opposed to, i dont know, letting the investigation play out? we did have the president come out and say that he doesnt believe any of the accusers. >> reporter: i mean i think in this they have at least been consistent in terms of were going to let this investigation go, but the jim jordan we know we think is someone who would have spok...

Sherman, live on capitol hill. lets start with the details. weve spoken to four accusers, but there may be eight now. other wrestling have defended him. what do we know about whats going on? is this jim jordan out there fighting for himself? are members of the freedom caucus getting behind him? is there a concerted effort to fight this on capitol hill? >> definitely concerted. my colleagues had a great story last night about jordan rallying internally but had hired an outside public relations fi...

And his denials. raising the question why? do they truly believe these accusers are not credible. they are not denying these boys were abused. if that is what they truly believe, then they will quite literally believe anything. whoooo. looking for a hotel that fits... ...your budget? tripadvisor now searches over... ...200 sites to find you the... ...hotel you want at the lowest

The congressmans defense. this as "the washington post" reports that another former ohio state wrestler says he believes jordan must have known about the team doctors inappropriate behavior. nbc news has not verified all of the claims. nbc has spoken with four of the accusers, but only one claimed to have spoken with jordan directly about the doctor. jordan has always denied knowing about alleged abuse and that he would have done something if he had been aware. msnbcs garrett haake joins me now ...

This story. she joins me now. there are new accusers, three more people who have come forward with different accounts. what are they saying? >> you know, poppy, cnn has spoken with a lot of former wrestlers from ohio state university. and each of them really bring something different to the table. one former wrestler said he was sexually abused by dr. richard strauss and it was when jim jordan was the assistant coach. he said that he never specifically told jordan, but that larkin hall, which wa...

Was inappropriate behavior. he doesnt believe jim jordan knew and said if he did know, he thinks jordan would have done something. another unnamed former wrestler tells us that coach russ hellickson and jordan had to know because they were in the shower when the doctor was in the shower and the doctor was in the shower for a along time. you know, poppy, in the defense, jim jordan in his own defense is talking about character fallacies in some of these accusers. and it is true that one of the mos...

Hes now leading one of the top figures in the federal government. >> you had john kelly go to bat for porter who was accused of abuse, alleged allegations of abuse. hes now out of the white house. you had donald trump, who has 19 accusers of his own of sexual harassment, in a lawsuit with one of them. the article talks about the white house as sort of a space space from the me too movement saying we dont have to pay attention to that movement here. here we can still be mad men. >> thats why he g...

In these saunas, but at the end of the day, his political future is pretty safe. >> there is something about it that is reminiscent of roy moore. the base of the party doesnt care about pretty serious allegations that involve children. hes accusing those who are bringing this out, hes attacking them. hes attacking the accusers and hes also claiming that its politically motivated and that it all has to do with the mueller probe. it feels roy mooresque. whats going on in the base of the republican...

Caucus, congressman from ohio. one of trumps most stalwart allies when it comes to his complaints against the justice department, the russia investigation. you have all of these accusers now stepping forward from ohio state, former wrestlers when he was an assistant coach out there, saying they had talked to him about this team doctor and his potential abuse there. the president is standing by him. what is the attitude on capitol hill about jordan and what this may or may not do for him in terms...

Interests are on the line. and we see this with his base. these people have got nothing from him. nothing. >> i have to say, gloria, ive interviewed trump voters a lot. and ive talked to a lot of women that voted for president trump, and they wanted to vote for him on their own. they were very much a supporter of president trumps economic policies. they were a supporter of him changing washington, draining the swamp, as he says. these are women that made this decision on their own. these were si...