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July 22, 2025

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August 21, 2025

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August 15, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (August 15, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, and Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, introduced a joint resolution terminating

August 13, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (August 13, 2025)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, led Committee Democrats in sending a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director William K. Marshall III pressing for answers regarding the unusual and abrupt transfer of Ghislaine Maxwell from a more restrictive BOP facility to a minimum security facility in Texas, amid concerns that the Trump Administration may be attempting to coax favorable testimony or strategic silence from Maxwell

August 11, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (August 11, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after President Donald Trump announced he would federalize the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and deploy the National Guard in Washington, D.C.:

August 8, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (August 8, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the Committee on the Judiciary, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Greg Casar, and Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Vice Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, demanded answers from U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi and Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) Director Kash Patel regarding the reported use of federal law enforcement resources for purely political purposes.

August 8, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (August 8, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement on the Trump Administration Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) firing of former Acting Director Brian Driscoll:

August 1, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (August 1, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust, sent a letter demanding Attorney General Pam Bondi provide information regarding Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)’s acquisition of Juniper Networks, Inc. (Juniper) after reporting suggests that

July 31, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (July 31, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer urging them to reject President Trump’s alarming nomination of Jeanine Pirro to lead the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.

July 30, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (July 30, 2025)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, joined a dozen individual members of the U.S.

July 28, 2025

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Washington, D.C. — The Litigation Task Force led 157 House Democrats in filing an amicus brief challenging the Office of Management and Budget’s unlawful freezing of congressional appropriated funds in order to further President Trump’s reckless agenda. Their argument makes clear that the President cannot unilaterally bypass the Congress—and thereby the will of the American people

July 25, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (July 25, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement on the Trump Administration’s procedural maneuver to retain Alina Habba as U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, sidestepping a court-appointed replacement and the constitutional requirement of Senate confirmation:

July 22, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (July 22, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement on Judiciary Republicans’ fruitless fixation on peddling conspiracy theories regarding former Special Counsel David Weiss’s investigation and prosecution of Hunter Biden during the Biden Administration:

July 22, 2025

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July 22, 2025

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July 18, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (July 18, 2025)— Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Gregory Meeks, Ranking Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, sent a letter to Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem and Secretary of State Marco Rubio

July 16, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (July 16, 2025)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep.

July 16, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (July 16, 2025)—Today, Rep.

July 15, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (July 15, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered opening remarks at the Subcommittee on Oversight hearing on how Republicans are demonizing nonprofit organizations for political gain while abandoning their oversight obligations over the Trump Administration.