Washington, Jan 10 (TIWN) Republican Congressman Jim Jordan has rejected a request from the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot to voluntarily cooperate with the probe.

"Your attempt to pry into the deliberative process informing a member about legislative matters before the House is an outrageous abuse of the select committee's inquiry," the Ohio Republican said. "This unprecedented action serves no legitimate legislative purpose and would set a dangerous precedent for future Congresses."

Jordan said he does not have relevant information that would help the committee "in advancing any legitimate legislative purpose" and criticized the request as "far outside the bounds of any legislative inquiry."

"If the select committee can so readily violate American civil liberties and mislead Americans about the information it possesses — including information relating to me — I have no confidence that the select committee will fairly or accurately represent any information I could provide," the GOP congressman told Thompson. "And make no mistake, any such information would be directly related to my deliberations and objections pursuant to a statutorily prescribed procedure."