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Washington, D.C. (October 23, 2026)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, demanded answers from Google, Meta, TikTok and X about their efforts to stop election misinformation from spreading on their platforms that discourages Americans from voting and creates mass confusion ahead of the November midterms. In letters to the four companies, Ranking Member Raskin pressed the companies to enforce their own rules prohibiting content that misleads voters as President Trump spreads false claims about mail-in ballots and his Administration cuts resources that help election officials combat disinformation.

Washington, D.C. (October 23, 2026)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Joe Morelle, Ranking Member of the Committee on House Administration, demanded answers from Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin about the Trump Administration’s use of baseless noncitizen voting claims to bully states into disenfranchising American citizens ahead of the midterm elections.

Washington, D.C. (October 22, 2026)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, demanded answers from Attorney General Todd Blanche and Office of International Affairs Director Vaughn Ary about the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) obstruction of state and foreign investigations into Jeffrey Epstein’s associates and co-conspirators. After shutting down an ongoing criminal investigation in the United States and going out of its way to pamper Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, DOJ is now reportedly withholding evidence from New Mexico investigators and blocking British investigators—all to protect President Trump. DOJ’s actions put an investigation into former British Ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson at risk of collapse and once again put Trump’s interests ahead of securing justice for Epstein’s survivors.

Washington, D.C. (October 20, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Yassamin Ansari are demanding answers from Attorney General Todd Blanche and Secretary of State Marco Rubio about the Trump Administration’s reported efforts to help Andrew and Tristan Tate evade criminal charges and whether it will comply with the United Kingdom’s request to extradite the brothers to face rape and sex trafficking charges. The longtime Trump supporters remain in federal custody and face a stunning 59 criminal charges in the United Kingdom. The Administration has yet to substantively answer Ranking Member Raskin’s earlier inquiry into its efforts to help the Tates leave Romania, while new reporting has revealed further intervention on their behalf.

Washington, D.C. (October 16, 2026)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee; Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Ranking Member of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations; and Sen. Adam Schiff wrote to the Chairman of the law firm Kirkland & Ellis Jon Ballis, rejecting the firm’s bogus legal justifications for refusing to cooperate with the Committees’ investigation into Kirkland’s decision to provide President Trump with $125 million in free legal services that align with his political agenda.

Washington, D.C. (October 9, 2026)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Jim Himes, Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, are urging Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel to cancel his reported trip to Russia next month, raising urgent national security concerns about his plans to visit Moscow and St. Petersburg as the FBI expands cooperation with Russian and Chinese law enforcement agencies. Patel will reportedly be hosted by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), the successor to the Soviet-era KGB, which has a documented history of conducting espionage operations against American officials and personnel.

Washington, D.C. (October 7, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Madeleine Dean demanded a federal investigation into former Bard College President Leon Botstein after reviewing an email in which Botstein asked Jeffrey Epstein about a young woman Epstein was trafficking: “Is [Jane Doe] for me, or are you keeping her for yourself.” In a separate letter to Bard’s leadership, Ranking Member Raskin sought records concerning Epstein’s use of the college to advance his trafficking activities and allegations from more than a dozen whistleblowers about sexual misconduct at Bard, including allegations that Botstein personally engaged in misconduct and intervened in Title IX proceedings to protect offenders.

Washington, D.C. (October 5, 2025)—Last month, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, spoke at the Judicial Conference’s biannual meeting. Below are Ranking Member Raskin’s remarks, as prepared for delivery.

Washington, D.C. (October 1, 2026)— Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. George Whitesides called on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) to formally investigate the Trump Administration’s use of taxpayer dollars to produce and air ads promoting President Trump in the weeks before the midterm elections. The lawmakers are seeking a full accounting of what the ads cost, who paid for them and whether officials broke federal law.

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressional Democratic leaders released the following joint statement on Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte’s unlawful move to shut down the FHFA Inspector General through severe, unnecessary budget cuts. The statement is signed by: Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), and the following Committee Ranking Members: Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Mary.), House Judiciary Committee; Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee; Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL), Senate Judiciary Committee; Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC); Sen Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, HSGAC; Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), House Financial Services Committee; and Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Washington, D.C. (September 30, 2026)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, launched an investigation into Amazon, Google, Meta and Oracle over their use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) that prevent local government officials from disclosing essential information about how proposed data center projects could affect their communities and constituents. Restrictive NDAs surrounding proposed data center projects prevent Americans from understanding the costs associated with such projects, including how much water and energy would be required to sustain the data center and whether that could increase their utility bills. In letters to the four tech giants, Ranking Member Raskin demanded answers about agreements that conceal critical details of proposed developments, including taxpayer-funded incentives and special carveouts from tax, environmental and zoning laws.

 U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, and U.S. Representative Greg Stanton (AZ-04), Ranking Member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management, sent a letter to Trump Administration officials raising serious concerns about public access to “pop-up” immigration courtrooms, including one at FEMA headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. (September 29, 2026)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, pressed Apple to independently review its decision to remove ICEBlock and similar apps from the App Store after the company confirmed that it acted following pressure from the Trump Department of Justice (DOJ). The apps allow users to report Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity and document encounters with federal immigration authorities in their communities.

Washington, D.C. (September 29, 2026)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Joe Morelle, Ranking Member of the Committee on House Administration, launched an investigation into the Trump Department of Justice’s (DOJ) election monitoring program ahead of the November midterm elections. The investigation follows reportsthat DOJ staff monitors arrived unannounced at polling places during Wyoming’s August primary and made irregular demands, including seeking access to election equipment and voters, prompting the state’s Republican governor to raise concerns about their “aggressive, unexpected, and disruptive” conduct.