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Jim Jordan should not be speaker of the House, according to four former Ohio State University wrestlers who claim the House Judiciary Committee chairman failed to protect them...

Jim Jordan has long denied he knew anything about the alleged abuse by Richard Strauss against OSU students

Four former Ohio State wrestlers accused Jim Jordan of failing to protect them from sexual abuse when he was the team’s assistant coach in the 1980s and '90s.

Doctor started taking down his pants. i mean he said that flat out. what are you doing to me? and he told jordan and he says he told jordan and he says he told the head coach, and they both responded. >> i just want to be clear on this because theres a difference between had to know and a specific recollection of an individual on the record saying i was groped by this doctor inappropriately, i then reported it to my coach and assistant coach, who was jim jordan. >> yes, thats exactly what the gu...

Outstanding people ive met since ive been in washington. i believe him 100%, no question in my mine. congressman jim jordan was an assistant wrestling coach at ohio state university when dr. richard strauss allegedly abused athletes. and now at least five former wrestlers have accused jordan of knowing what was going on and doing nothing. >> i recall one day jim jordan, his locker was right next to doc strauss. doc strauss had just taken a shower, was dressing for, you know, his -- to exit the b...

Locker room, he had a lockner our room, and -- locker in our room, and he would take four, five, six showers with different athletes and different sports and venues on one day, all on the time of the taxpayers of the state of ohio. and this was well known by jim jordan. i recall one day jim jordan, his locker was right next to doc strauss. doc strauss had just taken a shower, was -- was dressing ffor -- to exit the building or go wherever he was going, he saw another male athlete come into the l...

Our team physician and team for sigs for multiple teams at ohio state. he was high profile doctor within athletic community, he was not only employed at the ohio state university but he was also sanctioned by usa wrestling, the usoc and the ioc. my first interaction with doc strauss was as a 14-year-old high school student. he conducted research, at least what he disguised as research surrounding body fat and high school wrestlers. i believe he targeted high school wrestlers. it was one of the c...

And theres a procedure that you go by but the one thing that was strange and now i know to be unnecessary was a genital exam. that was 14. four years later, five years later im a freshman at the ohio state university, the first week of school each year the team participated in a -- you had to go through a physical. the last step of the physical was to go into a room with a closed door with doc strauss and during that exam he always did a thorough evaluation of our glands, both under our -- under...

He said everyone knew about it including jim jordan. to his knowledge, no run reported this to authorities. he said it was a "running joke." that if you went to the docs office, he would touch you inappropriately. >> doc strauss was a serial groper of our bodies including our testicles. its unfortunate. i consider jim a friend. but for whatever reason, hes made the decision to deny something that was absolutely happening. he had knowledge of it. i have personal knowledge he knew. his locker was ...