During his early years in the House, Rep. Jordan pressured Republican leaders to move to the right. Now as Judiciary Chairman, he is a key architect in Speaker McCarthy's oversight agenda this year.
questioning former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton following the attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya. But Jordan cemented his stature as a conservative surrogate following his role as one of President Donald Trump's fiercest defenders during his first impeachment in 2019.
"You never know when the light is going to shine on you and you have to be ready and I think Jim was. And Jim did a great job, I thought, on the impeachment. I talked to him regularly during that period, and he was always on the ball," Mulvaney told NPR."I would look at Jim more as an investigator and somebody who's interested in transparency and accountability, than I would describe him as a legislator.
With the backing of Trump, Republicans like Roy and Jordan allege there is an institutional bias against the GOP in some federal agencies.
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