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Raskin, Ross, Judiciary Colleagues Demand Probe into Elon Musk’s Conflicts of Interest and Potential Violations of Federal Law

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Washington D.C. — Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (MD-08) and Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) led 10 colleagues in urging U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Office of Government Ethics (OGE) Director David Huitema to uphold federal ethics laws relevant to Elon Musk’s role as a Special Government Employee (SGE). Given Musk’s vast involvement in federally regulated i... Read more »

Antitrust Subcommittee Ranking Member Nadler’s Opening Statement at Hearing on California Wildfires and Regulations

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Washington, D.C. (February 6, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust, delivered opening remarks at the subcommittee hearing on California wildfires and regulations. Below are Ranking Member Nadler’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at today’s subcommittee hearing. WATCH Ranking Member Nadler’s opening sta... Read more »

In Trio of Letters, Ranking Member Raskin Demands End to Trump Administration’s Political Purges at DOJ, FBI

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Washington, D.C. (February 6, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, fired off a trio of letters to Attorney General Pam Bondi; Kash Patel, nominee to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); and Edward R. Martin Jr., Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. The letters demand an immediate halt to President Donald Trump’s lawles... Read more »

Democrats Have A Simple Message For Republicans: Stop Playing Politics With Disaster Aid For Fire Victims

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Washington, D.C. (February 6, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust, led Subcommittee Democrats in debunking reckless misinformation surrounding the deadly fires in Southern California and calling on Republicans to stop playing politics with disaster response. “While tens of thousands of Californians are s... Read more »

Ranking Members Raskin, Jayapal Demand Answers from DHS, ICE Following Wrongful Detainment of U.S. Citizens

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Washington, D.C. (February 5, 2025)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, sent a letter demanding answers from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) following reports that ICE wrongfully detained U.S. citiz... Read more »

Ranking Members Demand Information on DOGE Access to Sensitive and Classified Information

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Washington, D.C. (February 4, 2025)— Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee; Rep. Jim Himes, Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Rep. Adam Smith, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee; Rep. Gerry Connolly, Ranking Member of the House Ov... Read more »

Ranking Members Raskin, Jayapal, McBath Press DOJ on Trump Administration’s Dangerous Diversion of Law Enforcement Officials

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Washington, D.C. (February 4, 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, and Rep. Lucy McBath, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance are demanding answers from Acting Attorney General James R. McHenry III rega... Read more »

House Judiciary Democrats Demand DOJ Release Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Full Report After Department Moves to Dismiss Charges Against Trump’s Co-Conspirators

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Washington, D.C. (February 3, 2025)— Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, led Committee Democrats in a letter urging Acting Attorney General James McHenry to publicly release Volume Two of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on President Donald Trump’s mishandling of classified documents, after the Department of Justice (DOJ) moved to end the prosecution of Trump’s c... Read more »

Ranking Member Raskin Hosts Briefing on Rights, Recourses, and Resources for Department of Justice Employees Targeted by Trump Administration

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On January 31, 2025, Ranking Member Jamie Raskin led Committee Democrats in a virtual Member briefing discussion examining the Trump Administration’s alarming assault on the career federal prosecutors, special agents, and law enforcement professionals of the Department of Justice (DOJ). The briefing featured a panel of experts, who discussed the rights, recourses, and resources available to DOJ an... Read more »

Ranking Member Raskin’s Statement on Trump’s Lawless and Dangerous Purge of FBI Agents and DOJ Prosecutors

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Washington, D.C. (January 31, 2025)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s latest assault on the nonpartisan federal workforce, this time taking aim at qualified, expert Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) agents and DOJ prosecutors who worked on the investigations into the January 6, 2021... Read more »