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House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 26, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Steve Scalise takes on Jim Jordan, says his fundraising expertise is an advantage in speaker race

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

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Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks during a hearing on the Report of Special Counsel John Durham, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

Trump endorses Jim Jordan to succeed Kevin McCarthy as House speaker, calls chairman a ‘star’

By S.A. Miller and Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, left, and Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., confer during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. The two GOP leaders have emerged as contenders to replace former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy who was voted out of the job by a contingent of hard-right conservatives. Jordan is now chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., has long sought the top post. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Who might replace McCarthy as House speaker? What are Republicans already demanding for their vote?

By Stephen Groves, Farnoush Amiri and Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

U.S. Representative Kevin Hern of Oklahoma speaks at a rally Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Conservative Rep. Hern eyeing to join race for speaker’s gavel

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, leaves a meeting on the morning after Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla. filed a motion to strip Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., from his leadership role, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Jim Jordan running to replace McCarthy as House speaker

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks during the House Oversight Committee impeachment inquiry hearing into President Joe Biden, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Jim Jordan shakes up race for speaker’s gavel, gives House GOP another hard choice

By Susan Ferrechio, Kerry Picket and Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks in the Fulton County Government Center during a news conference on Aug. 14, 2023, in Atlanta. A federal judge who rejected efforts by former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to move his charges in the Georgia election subversion case to federal court is set to hear arguments on Monday from former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark on the same issue. Willis has accused Clark and Meadows, along with former President Donald Trump and 16 others, of participating in a wide-ranging scheme to overturn Democrat Joe Biden's presidential election victory and keep the Republican Trump in power. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Rep. Jordan says Fulton County DA is wrong about committee’s review of Georgia election prosecution

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Attorney General Merrick Garland appears before a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

FBI defied agents with aggressive approach to search of Trump’s home

By Stephen Dinan and Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks during a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on what Republicans say is the politicization of the FBI and Justice Department and attacks on American civil liberties on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

GOP accuses Attorney General Merrick Garland of stonewalling as courts struggle with migrant surge

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., chairs a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on the health of the electrical power grid, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 1, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Mission to oust Manchin is latest test case for GOP establishment vs. conservative flank

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks in the Fulton County Government Center during a news conference, Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, in Atlanta. Donald Trump and several allies have been indicted in Georgia over efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

House committee investigating Fulton County DA Fani Willis for possible coordination with feds

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks during a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on what Republicans say is the politicization of the FBI and Justice Department and attacks on American civil liberties on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Global monitoring networks, some of them taxpayer-funded, suppress conservative news media

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Oversight of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

House Republicans send warning letter on Mayorkas ‘contempt’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, arrives to hear from Devon Archer, Hunter Biden's former business partner, as he gives closed-door testimony to the House Oversight Committee in the Republican-led investigations into President Joe Biden's son, in Washington, Monday, July 31, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jordan probing Center for Countering Digital Hate over censorship concerns

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks about "News Tab" at the Paley Center, Oct. 25, 2019, in New York. A House committee called off a vote Thursday, July 27, 2023, on a recommendation that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg be held in contempt of Congress for failing to fully supply documents related to an investigation into supposed censorship by tech companies of conservatives. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Lawmakers table contempt citation for Zuckerberg after Facebook hands over censorship documents

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before the House Appropriations subcommittee Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies budget hearing for Fiscal Year 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 27, 2023. Wray is set to face some of his harshest critics in Congress as he testifies before a House committee that is leading several investigations into claims that the law enforcement agency unfairly targets conservatives. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

FBI director faces GOP critics at hearing focused on Trump, Hunter Biden and more

By Farnoush Amiri - Associated Press

Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks during a hearing on the Report of Special Counsel John Durham, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

Jordan sends budget recommendations to Appropriations, would move FBI to Alabama

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Insurrections loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. A member of the Oath Keepers extremist group from New Jersey who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and bragged about it in text messages has pleaded guilty to obstructing Congress. James Breheny, of Little Ferry, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Washington’s federal court to a felony charge of obstructing Congress’ certification of President Joe Biden’s electoral victory over former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

GOP lawmakers question banks on whether they provided private customer data following Jan. 6 riot

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, leads a news conference with members of a House Judiciary subcommittee before a hearing on what Republicans say is the politicization of the FBI and Justice Department and attacks on American civil liberties, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, May 18, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rep. Jim Jordan says Trump indictment ‘is as political as it gets’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times