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“Europe’s Threat to American Speech and Innovation: Part II”

February 4, 2026

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Judiciary Democrats Demand DHS and ICE Rescind Memo Authorizing Warrantless Home Raids

February 3, 2026

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January 31, 2026

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Washington, D.C. (January 31, 2026)—Today, Rep.

January 30, 2026

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Washington, D.C. (January 30, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement on the upcoming House vote on H.R. 6048, the bipartisan NDO Fairness Act:

January 27, 2026

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Washington, D.C. (January 27, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement calling on House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan to immediately commence impeachment proceedings to remove Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem from office, or face a complete oversight and impeachment inquiry by House Democrats:

January 27, 2026

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Washington, D.C. (January 27, 2026)—Today, House Judiciary Committee Democrats demandedChairman Jim Jordan hold a House Judiciary Committee hearing with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem following the fatal federal agent shootings of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis who were peacefully exercising their First and Second Amendment rights.

January 27, 2026

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Washington, D.C. (January 27, 2026)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee; Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement; Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government; and Rep.

January 26, 2026

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Washington, D.C. — More than a dozen Members of Congress filed an amended complaint and emergency motion today seeking a temporary restraining order (TRO) from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to restore their right and duty to conduct oversight of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities.

January 23, 2026

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Washington, D.C. — Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the Committee on the Judiciary and Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, demanded answers from FBI Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi following the FBI raiding a Washington Post reporter’s home and seizing a phone, two laptops, and other

January 23, 2026

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Washington, D.C. (January 23, 2026)—Rep.

January 23, 2026

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Washington, D.C. (January 23, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi regarding the Trump Department of Justice (DOJ) and Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) toleration of widespread misconduct at Federal Prison Camp (FPC) Bryan in Texas. The Ranking Members’ letter details the reports of over a dozen whistleblowers who describe significant

January 22, 2026

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Washington, D.C. (January 22, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered opening remarks at the full committee hearing examining former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigations, which developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election, and that Trump willfully retained highly classified documents after leaving office.

January 21, 2026

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Washington, D.C. (January 21, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered opening remarks at the Subcommittee on Oversight hearing on foreign threats to U.S.

January 21, 2026

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Washington, D.C. (January 21, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Oversight, delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing on foreign threats to U.S.

January 21, 2026

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Washington, D.C. (January 21, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep.

January 21, 2026

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Washington, D.C. (January 21, 2026)—Today, Rep.

January 21, 2026

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Washington, D.C. (January 21, 2026)—Today, Rep. Lucy McBath, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance, delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing on Republicans’ selective concern about fraud, while they stay silent as Trump pardons fraudsters, guts oversight and enriches himself from the Oval Office—harming all Americans.

January 20, 2026

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The first major act of President Donald Trump’s second term was granting an Inauguration Day pardon to all the rioters and insurrectionists who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. As dreadful as it was a year ago that Trump excused and blessed mass street violence against the constitutional order, the decision looks even worse today, as unleashing authoritarian government violence against the people becomes the defining agenda of the Trump administration.

January 15, 2026

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Washington, D.C. (January 15, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Jared Moskowitz led Judiciary Democrats in sending a letter to Chairman Jim Jordan demanding he launch an investigation into the Department of Justice (DOJ) over its blatant abuse of prosecutorial power in conducting a sham investigation into the Chair of the Federal Reserve Board, Jerome Powell.