Fox News "The Ingraham Angle" - Transcript: Interview with Rep. Jim Jordan

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INGRAHAM: A lot of news tonight. What a difference 24 hours can make. Reports tonight that we may not have seen the last of Rod Rosenstein. The deputy attorney general was apparently ready to quit yesterday but was worried about Trump coming after him, and today sources are telling "The Wall Street Journal" and "The Washington Post" that he will survive at least until after the midterms. If he is indeed saying my next guest wants him in front of Congress before the week is out. Joining me know, Congressman Jim Jordan. Your reaction to these reports? And we have another piece of news that we're going to talk about in a moment as well.

REP. JIM JORDAN, R--OHIO, HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE: That's up to the White House. Here's what I know. You got the guy who in effect is running the Department of Justice who in front of subordinates is talking about recording the commander in chief. That is never supposed -- do we really want that to happen in the United States of America? The same guy who fired Comey, the same guy who hired Mueller, the same guy who signed the third FISA renewal, the same guy who threatened a House Intelligence Committee staffer and the same guy who has made it difficult for us to get the documents we need is now inside meeting, according to "The New York Times," threatening to actually record --

INGRAHAM: A joke. It's a joke. It's sarcastic.

JORDAN: I don't care.

INGRAHAM: This is a set up. They say it's a set up for the president, fire him and it's going to be a --

JORDAN: If the president fires him or not, what we are saying is, you need to come in front of the Judiciary Committee and answer our questions. The America people need to know what took place. Who was in that meeting? Was Andy McCabe in that meeting? Was Lisa Page, was Peter Strzok?

INGRAHAM: It's in the case notes, right, it's in the case notes?

JORDAN: So McCabe must have been there, but who else was there? We need to talk to those people as well. So this is the kind of thing that, again, when you are the guy running the Justice Department, which is what Rod Rosenstein is in effect doing, you can't be making statements like that, even if you are joking around. I want to know who was in the room and what took place.

INGRAHAM: There's another report tonight that Trey Gowdy and Bob Goodlatte from Oversight and Judiciary have invited Loretta Lynch, former attorney general, Sally Yates, former acting attorney general, and I think one of the person -- Jim Comey -- to come back to testify on Capitol Hill. They sent out letters, "Politico" is reporting tonight.

JORDAN: That's good. I think it's going to take more than an invitation. I think it's going to take a subpoena.

INGRAHAM: They're not going to stroll up and say what you need?

JORDAN: Of course not.

INGRAHAM: I want Susan Rice back. I actually want her on Capitol Hill. I want the unmasking.

JORDAN: We know next week, Jim Baker, former chief counsel at the FBI, was demoted then left the FBI. The former chief counsel is going to be in for a deposition. That's important next Wednesday and then in a couple weeks, October 19th, we have Nellie Ohr.

INGRAHAM: Oh, Nellie.

JORDAN: Wife of top Justice Department official Bruce Ohr.

INGRAHAM: This is the first time.

JORDAN: First time, so that is important as well. But again, it may take subpoenas for them to be there so we can get the questions answered that we need answered.

INGRAHAM: This is what Adam Schiff on MSNBC said last night about the GOP, basically you, and the rule of law. Let's watch.

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INGRAHAM: Focusing on the special counsel deal. They are all worried about protecting the special counsel. They are not worried about protecting the rule of law but they are worried about protecting the special counsel.

JORDAN: Rule of law? Remember what took place here. The Clinton campaign paid for the dossier, a piece of garbage document. They took that document, dressed it all up to a secret court to get a warrant to go spy on a fellow citizen associated with the Trump campaign. Using one party's opposition document to go spy on the other party. And he is talking about we're infringing or hurting the rule of law? That is why we are focused on this. The kind of thing that took place there should never have it in this country and we know that it did. That is why we need Rod Rosenstein in front of us to answer questions about all this. That is why we need Lynch, Comey, all these people --

INGRAHAM: Simpson has also been invited apparently, according to the political reporting, Glenn Simpson.

JORDAN: I think Glenn Simpson said something to the Intelligence Committee that is not square with what Bruce Ohr told us in his deposition. I think he has got some real concerns, and he should be in front of us as well.

INGRAHAM: Jim Jordan, we're going to be following this very closely. Thanks for the update.

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