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Judiciary Democrats Press Trump-Vance Transition Team On Homan $50,000 Bribery Scandal: Who Knew About It, When Did They Know It, And Why Was Homan Appointed “Border Czar” Anyway?

October 8, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (October 8, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep.

Ranking Members Raskin, Swalwell Statement on Senate Republicans’ Misdirected Outrage Regarding DOJ’s Investigation of the Criminal Conspiracy to Overturn the 2020 Presidential Election

October 8, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (October 8, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Eric Swalwell, Ranking Member of the Select Subcommittee to Investigate the Remaining Questions Surrounding January 6, 2021, released the following statement on Senate Republicans’ latest attacks on the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) investigation and prosecution of Donald Trump and his

Ranking Members Raskin, Scott Demand Federal Criminal Investigation Into Trump Administration Commandeering Federal Employee Emails to Compel Political Speech

October 7, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (October 7, 2025) —Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Robert C. “Bobby" Scott, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education & Workforce, are demanding that the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigate the Trump Administration commandeering the email accounts of furloughed career civil servants to

Raskin, Smith, Meeks, Himes, Thompson Demand Trump Provide List of Designated Terrorist Organizations and Justification for U.S. Military Strikes in the Caribbean

October 7, 2025

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary; Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee; Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Jim Himes (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; and Bennie Thompson (D-

Judiciary and Homeland Security Committees Launch Investigation into Violent Chicago Immigration Raid

October 7, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (October 7, 2025)— Today, the House Committees on the Judiciary and Homeland Security launched an investigation into the September 30th immigration raid in Chicago that terrorized residents of a South Shore apartment building. Democrats, led by Ranking Members Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi

Ranking Members Raskin, Jayapal, Durbin, and Padilla Statement on Trump Administration’s Failure to Comply with Law Requiring Congressional Consultation on Refugee Admissions

September 30, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (September 30, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, Sen. Dick Durbin, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Alex Padilla, Ranking Member for the Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration, issued the following statement in response to the Trump Administration’s blatant violation of federal law in refusing to consult Congress on refugee admissions:

Raskin, Jayapal Oppose Policy Adding Red Tape to Visa Process

September 30, 2025

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representatives Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee, and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration, Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, are submitting formal opposition to a new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) rule that would add further bureaucratic hurdles to

Rep. Deborah Ross’ Opening Statement at Subcommittee Field Hearing on the Need for Real Solutions to Combat Violent Crime

September 29, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (September 29, 2025)—Today, Rep. Deborah Ross delivered opening remarks at the Subcommittee on Oversight field hearing in Charlotte, North Carolina, on combatting violent crime, while the Trump Administration and Republicans in Congress are undermining public safety and abandoning victims and survivors of violent crime—making us all less safe.

Rep. Ross and Ranking Member Raskin Lead Judiciary Democrats in Urging Chairman Jordan to Invite Epstein Survivors to Testify Before Judiciary Committee

September 26, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (September 26, 2025)—Today, Rep. Deborah Ross and Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, led Judiciary Democrats in sending a letter to Chairman Jim Jordan calling on him to allow survivors of convicted sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and their co-conspirators to testify before the Committee. Committee Democrats stressed that victim

Ranking Member Raskin Demands Answers from Attorney General Bondi After Republican U.S. Attorney Is Forced Out for Refusing to File Baseless Charges Against Trump Enemies

September 26, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (September 26, 2025)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to U.S.