Press Releases

During Police Week, Ranking Member Raskin Introduces January 6th Law Enforcement Heroes Compensation Fund Act to Honor Officers Who Defended the Capitol

May 13, 2026

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Washington, D.C. (May 13, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, introduced the January 6th Law Enforcement Heroes Compensation Fund Act, legislation establishing a federal compensation program for law enforcement officers who defended the U.S. Capitol during the attack on January 6, 2021.

At Republican Rerun Hearing on Sharia Law, Ranking Member Scanlon Slams GOP’s Unconstitutional Attack on Religious Liberty

May 13, 2026

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Washington, D.C. (May 13, 2026)— Today, Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government, delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing on Republicans’ campaign to restrict religious freedom, reprising a Sharia law hearing the majority already held in February.

At Republican Rerun Hearing on Sharia Law, Ranking Member Raskin Slams GOP’s Unconstitutional Attack on Religious Liberty

May 13, 2026

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Washington, D.C. (May 13, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered opening remarks at the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government hearing on Republicans’ campaign to restrict religious freedom, reprising a Sharia law hearing the majority already held in February.

Below are Ranking Member Raskin’s remarks at today’s hearing

Classified Leaks, January 6, and Paying for Sex: Ranking Member Raskin Investigates DOJ Scheme to Pay Millions in Taxpayer Money to MAGA FBI Agents Disciplined for Egregious Misconduct

May 12, 2026

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Washington, D.C. (May 12, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, launched an investigation into a scheme inside the Department of Justice (DOJ) to direct millions of taxpayer dollars to FBI agents fired for serious misconduct, many of whom are aligned with Donald Trump.

Ranking Members Raskin and Pallone Expand Investigation into Paramount Skydance Amid Dangerous Consolidation of Media Conglomerates and Pressure to Relinquish Editorial Control of CNN to President Trump

May 12, 2026

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Washington, D.C. (May 12, 2026) — Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee and Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, wrote to Paramount Skydance Corporation CEO David Ellison demanding long-overdue answers as part of their ongoing investigation into the media giant’s dealings with the Trump Administration.

New Judiciary Democrats Report Reveals Trump Deportation Policies Are Undermining State and Local Criminal Prosecutions

May 12, 2026

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Washington, D.C. (May 12, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released a new staff report revealing how the Trump Administration’s mass deportation policies are interfering with criminal prosecutions across the country, allowing perpetrators to evade accountability while depriving victims and their families of justice.

Ranking Member Raskin Escalates Probe of U.S. Trademark Office’s Involvement in Covering Up Trump’s “Board of Peace” Global Enrichment Scheme

May 5, 2026

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Washington, D.C. (May 5, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, wrote to the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) John Squires demanding information regarding the USPTO’s apparent willingness to violate federal law by shielding the ownership and financial structure of President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, after failing to answer even the most basic questions during a recent congressional hearing.

Issues: Government Oversight

Ranking Members Raskin, Scanlon Launch Inquiry into Trump DOJ’s Abusive and Baseless Prosecution of Southern Poverty Law Center

May 1, 2026

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Washington, D.C. (May 1, 2026)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Constitution and Limited Government, launched an inquiry into the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) politically motivated prosecution of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a preeminent civil rights organization with a decades-long record of investigating and combating white supremacist and extremist violence.

Ranking Member Raskin’s Statement on the Supreme Court’s Decision in Louisiana v. Callais

April 29, 2026

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Washington, D.C. (April 29, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, released the following statement after the Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, effectively gutting Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965:

Raskin, Huffman Launch Investigation into Trump’s Billion-Dollar Taxpayer-Funded Settlement to TotalEnergies

April 29, 2026

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Washington, D.C. — Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) and House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) sent a letter to TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné announcing a formal investigation by Committee Democrats into the secret billion-dollar deal the company struck with the Trump administration. The Department of the Interior (DOI) killed two American offshore wind projects, then handed over almost a billion dollars in taxpayer money to a French oil company and tried to make the whole arrangement off-limits to any judge who might want to take a look.