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June 2, 2026

Washington, D.C. (June 2, 2026)—As Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) backpedals from its $1.8 billion slush fund, a bipartisan chorus of Members of Congress have responded with outrage to Trump’s attempt to plunder taxpayer dollars to enrich criminals.

The slush fund has brought the Republican-led Congress to a standstill:


June 1, 2026

Washington, D.C. (June 1, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement after President Donald Trump and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche were forced to provisionally and tactically retreat on their $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 cop-beaters and MAGA foot soldiers following bipartisan outrage from Congress and the country and two powerful rulings by federal judges blocking this corrupt deal, at least temporarily:


June 1, 2026
Washington, D.C. (June 1, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Joe Morelle, Ranking Member of the Committee on House Administration, and Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, are opening an investigation into Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton regarding his office’s failure to investigate widespread and credible allegations of fraud involving the Republican-aligned political donation platform WinRed, even as it pursues a selective and partisan investigation into ActBlue, a donation platform used by Democratic candidates around the country.

May 29, 2026

Washington, D.C. (May 29, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement after two federal judges in different courts took steps to at least temporarily halt the corrupt settlement between President Trump and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche that purported to give Trump, his family and his businesses a Super Pardon and create a tax-payer funded $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 rioters and MAGA foot soldiers:


May 27, 2026

Washington, D.C. (May 27, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released a new fact sheet detailing the top 10 reasons why Trump’s $1.776 billion slush fund and super-pardon for his family and businesses are unconstitutional, illegal, and a fraud on the court.

 


May 21, 2026

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD-08), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee; and U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee; and U.S.


May 21, 2026

 

Washington, D.C. (May 21, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Hank Johnson, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet, led subcommittee Democrats in slamming Republicans’ politicization and corruption of the Supreme Court, destroying its legitimacy and trust. 


May 21, 2026

Washington, D.C. (May 21, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, introduced a trio of bills aimed at confronting the Supreme Court’s growing use of unexplained “shadow docket” orders, increasing transparency in how cases are selected for review, and clarifying federal court jurisdiction in monetary claims against the United States.