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Committee. but the public hearings will be for the house intelligence committee only and the republicans' big move, their big move for the defense of the president in the public president in the public hearings was to bring in jim jordan on the same week that jim jordan was once again credibly accused of being aware of a team doctor sexually assaulting members of the ohio state wrestling team when jim jordan was a coach on that team. nbc news reported last week that a lawsuit filed on thursday says that when a person identified in court papers as john doe 42 saw dr. richard strauss master bait...

Assistant coach jim jordan to say what he just witnessed. he said the response by both men were, yeah, that's strauss. the attorney for the accusers told cnn this is not a political issue in our estimation. this is an issue about ohio state. this isn't about jim jordan. he happens to be a witness. he just happens to be a name or a person who was present. now, a spokesperson for congressman jim jordan said congressman jordan never saw or heard of any kind of sexual abuse, and if he had he would have dealt with it. multiple investigations have confirmed this simple fact. ohio state university ha...

>> reporter: facing new accusations he ignored warnings about an ohio state university doctor accused of sexually abusing nearly 200 men over two decades. in a lawsuit filed thursday a college wrestling referee named as joe doe 42 says in the mid-90s he told jordan then ohio state's assistant wrestling coach that the team's physician richard strauss performed a sex act in front of him in the shower. the referee says jordan and the team's then head coach shrugged it off saying yeah, that's strauss. the referee declined to be interviewed on camera. >> everybody talked about strauss. >> reporter:...

Students by a team doctor there. it resurfaced again today. we get our report tonight from nbc news correspondent jeff bennett. >> reporter: republican congressman jim jordan tonight facing a new accusation that he ignored warnings about an ohio state university doctor accused of sexually abusing nearly 200 men. a college wrestling referee says in the mid '90s, he told jordan that the team's physician performed a sex act in front of him in a shower. the referee says jordan and the team head coach shrugged it off saying, yeah, that's strauss. >> everybody talked about strauss. >> reporter: form...

Shrugged it off saying yeah, that's strauss. >> everybody talked about strauss. >> reporter: former ohio state wrestler also says he complained directly to jim jordan after he said strauss once tried to pull his pants down. >> i had told him, hey, this is not right. >> reporter: not part of the latest lawsuit, he says jordan failed to address it. jordan has previously denied having any knowledge of the abuse saying the allegations he was told about are politically motivated. his office did not respond to our request for comment. the lawsuit comes as house republican leaders today named jordan ...