Gang of 8 member unleashes on GOP’s Jim Jordan: 'He gave the game away'

House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) on Sunday slammed his colleague, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), over the Republican’s support of President Donald Trump's “imperial adventure,” telling CNN’s Dana Bash that Jordan “gave the game away" with his defense of the president.

Himes was speaking with CNN's “State of the Union” after the U.S. military on Saturday “captured” Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement that the pair have been indicted in the Southern District of New York over allegations of “narco-terrorism conspiracy,” among other charges.

Speaking about the Venezuela operation, Himes revealed he has not been briefed by the Trump administration. Himes called it a “particularly egregious example of a pattern of this administration not giving a hoot about the United States Congress.”

Himes went on to personally criticize Jordan over an interview the Republican had just given prior to Himes’ appearance on "State of the Union."

“Jim Jordan just sort of gave the game away,” Himes said. “I hope you can play that interview over and over and over again, because he gave the game away, right? He said over and over again, ‘I trust the president.’”

“Now he's being asked to explain an imperial adventure … from the guy who was going to be 'America First’ and not get into stupid wars. And his answer is, ‘I trust the president. I trust the president. I trust the president.’ That is giving the game away because two thirds of my Republican colleagues in the Congress wake up every single morning and say, ‘What can I do today to prove my loyalty to the president of United States?' And Jim Jordan, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, seems to be unaware that our whole system, our whole system, is set up to provide checks and balances, that the job of a member of Congress is to approach the president, regardless of that president's party, with skepticism.”

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