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Washington, D.C. (June 9, 2026)— Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement after reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) appeared to have stalled in the U.S. Senate. |
Washington, D.C. (June 3, 2026)—Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told a House Appropriations subcommittee on Tuesday to take his word for it that the Trump-Blanche slush fund—the subject of nationwide bipartisan outrage—is dead. Why would anyone take Trump’s former personal attorney at his word?
Let’s be clear: nothing about Blanche’s statement prevents Donald Trump and his Justice Department from continuing to funnel taxpayer dollars to January 6 cop-beaters, criminals and other MAGA favorites.
Washington, D.C. (June 2, 2026)—Today, Rep.
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:
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: |
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:
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.