Press Releases

Raskin, Thompson, Correa, Jayapal Warn Kristi Noem She Is Breaking Federal Law as She Blocks Oversight of ICE Facilities

June 23, 2025

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June 23, 2025 (WASHINGTON) – Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Ranking Member of the Committee on the Judiciary, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, Rep. Lou Correa (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Border Security & Enforcement, and Rep.

Ranking Member Raskin’s Opening Statement at Bicameral Spotlight Forum with State Attorneys General on Democrats’ Fight Against Trump’s Lawlessness

June 23, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (June 23, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered opening remarks at the Bicameral Spotlight Forum entitled “Defending the Rights of the People: States and Congressional Allies Fight Back Against Trump’s Constitutional Abuses,” featuring a panel of Democratic state Attorneys General combatting the Trump Administration’s lawlessness through litigation. Below are Ranking Member Raskin’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at today’s spotlight forum.

Ranking Member Raskin Demands Investigation of FBI’s Role in Unlawful Detention of Senator Padilla

June 18, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (June 18, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel, demanding an immediate investigation and answers regarding the FBI’s role in the assault on, and detention of, Senator Alex Padilla at a public press conference in a federal building in Los Angeles, California.

In Wake of Political Assassinations in Minnesota and Antisemitic Violence in Colorado and D.C., Ranking Member Raskin Demands Answers on Gutting of Counterterrorism Infrastructure

June 18, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (June 18, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter demanding U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Attorney General Pam Bondi, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel, and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem provide a briefing on their reckless decimation of national security, counterterrorism, and hate crime prevention programs, offices, task forces, and professionals, in the wake of shocking attacks on lawmakers in Minnesota and Jewish Americans across the country.

New Judiciary Democrats Analysis Reveals Trump’s Corrupt Pardon Spree Cheated Crime Victims of $1.3 Billion

June 17, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (June 17, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released a new Committee staff analysis revealing how President Donald Trump’s corrupt pardon spree will deprive victims and survivors of crime of $1.3 billion in restitution and fines owed to them and American taxpayers, allowing corporate fraudsters and tax cheats to keep their ill-gotten gains. Trump’s decision to wipe out restitution debts of fraudsters, millionaire tax evaders and other white-collar criminals will also severely deplete funds for victims’ assistance and compensation programs.

House Democrats Defend NIH Grants Against Trump Administration’s Unlawful Termination

June 17, 2025

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Washington, D.C. — Today, the Litigation and Response Task Force led 152 House Democrats in filing an amicus brief challenging the Trump Administration’s illegal and devastating cuts to life-saving medical research grants at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

House Democrats Challenge Trump’s Unconstitutional Birthright Citizenship Executive Order in Court

June 9, 2025

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Washington, D.C. — On Friday, House Democrats’ Litigation and Rapid Response Task Force, remaining steadfast in their commitment to fighting against the Trump Administration’s illegal attacks on the constitutional principle of birthright citizenship, filed an amicus brief in the matter of Trump v. Casa, Inc., which is now before the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Ranking Member Raskin Notifies Secretary Hegseth He’s Violating Constitution and Federal Law By Taking $400 Million Jetliner Present From Qatar Without Obtaining Congressional Consent

June 5, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (June 5, 2025)— Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth advising him to mitigate immediately his violations of the Constitution’s Foreign Emoluments Clause and federal law. President Donald Trump designated Hegseth the official recipient of a $400 million luxury jetliner from Qatar’s royal family after Trump and Hegseth conducted a months-long pressure campaign to obtain the gift from the Qatari government. Ranking Member Raskin also warned Secretary Hegseth that he could be on the hook for more than $400 million in penalties for violating the Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act.

Ranking Member Raskin’s Opening Statement at Subcommittee Hearing on Safeguarding Americans’ Digital Privacy

June 5, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (June 5, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered opening remarks at the Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance hearing on protecting Americans’ digital privacy, upholding civil liberties, and securing our national cybersecurity and infrastructure.

Democrats Decry Republicans’ Clumsy Attempt to Target Higher Education After Voting to Cut Financial Aid for Students

June 4, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (June 4, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust, led Subcommittee Democrats in pushing back against Republicans’ attempt to use ‘antitrust’ to target colleges and universities that Trump and Republicans dislike.