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“Victims of Violent Crime”

September 29, 2025

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Ranking Members Raskin, Jayapal, Durbin, and Padilla Condemn Trump Administration’s Unlawful Refugee Cap

October 30, 2025

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October 28, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (October 28, 2025)— Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, led Committee Democrats in sending a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, and Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward demanding that they immediately reject President Donald Trump’s flagrantly unconstitutional demand

October 27, 2025

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Washington, D.C. — 171 House Democrats and 36 Senators took their fight against President Donald Trump’s sweeping and chaotic on-again-off-again tariffs to the highest court in the land, filing an amicus brief before the United States Supreme Court.

October 23, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (October 23, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to Chairman Jim Jordan calling on him to accept former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s offer to testify publicly before Congress regarding his investigations into President Donald Trump’s criminal wrongdoing.

October 23, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (October 23, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to President Donald Trump demanding he immediately abandon his illegal and unconstitutional plan to steal $230 million from U.S. taxpayers by ordering his former private attorneys—now serving as top Department of Justice (DOJ) officials—to abuse a confidential, behind-closed-

October 22, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (October 22, 2025)—The leaders of the House Litigation Task Force, Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin, Assistant Democratic Leader Joe Neguse, Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro, and Oversight Committee Ranking Member Robert Garcia sent a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought demanding that he immediately cease using the Republican shutdown as a pretext to fire thousands more federal employees through

October 21, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (October 21, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to President Donald Trump demanding he pull the nomination of Paul Ingrassia to lead the Office of the Special Counsel, following new revelations of his

October 21, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (October 21, 2025)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, sent a letter renewing their demand for answers from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) regarding their continuing and escalating wrongful arrest and detainment of U.S. citizens. The Administration has failed to address the Committee’s

October 17, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (October 16, 2025)—Today, Chicagoland Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García and Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, are leading Committee Democrats in demanding the Trump Administration immediately end its unlawful and violent enforcement campaign in the Chicagoland region, warning

October 16, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (October 16, 2025)—Today, House Judiciary Committee Democrats launched a webpage of resources for reporting instances of waste, fraud, abuse and corruption in the federal government after the Trump Administration shut down websites for at least 28 Offices of the Inspector General (OIGs)—the federal government watchdogs who

October 15, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (October 15, 2025)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement after new lawsuits were filed against Bank of America and Bank of New York Mellon over their financial ties to Jeffrey Epstein—just one week after Judiciary Committee Democrats initiated an investigation into the banks’ handling of more than $1.5 billion in suspicious

October 14, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (October 14, 2025)— Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement in response to Judiciary Republicans’ request that former Special Counsel Jack Smith testify before the Committee:

October 10, 2025

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Washington, D.C. — Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the Committee on the Judiciary, and Rep.

October 9, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (October 9, 2025)— Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement in response to the vindictive and baseless indictment filed against New York State Attorney General Letitia James by President Trump’s newly installed U.S.

October 9, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (October 9, 2025)— Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement in response to the vindictive and baseless indictment filed against New York State Attorney General Letitia James by President Trump’s newly installed U.S.

October 9, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (October 9, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, launched an investigation into the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) reported secret legal memo purporting to grant President Trump unilateral authority to conduct military

October 9, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (October 9, 2025)—Rep.

October 8, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (October 8, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep.