Washington, D.C. (March 27, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to Trump Administration officials demanding urgent answers regarding the Administration’s outrageous abuse of a rarely-used 1798 wartime law to remove non-citizens to a mega-prison in El Salvador without any Due Process. “I write to demand answers about the Administration’s us... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (March 26, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel demanding urgent answers regarding the Trump Administration’s reckless usage of Signal, a commercial messaging application, to discuss attack plans in a group chat that included The Atl... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (MD-08), House Committee on the Judiciary, Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, and Ranking Member Gerald E. Connolly (VA-11), House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, are demanding the immediate reinstatement of Commissioners Charlotte Burrows and Jocelyn Samuels following their unlawful and... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (March 24, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after Chief Judge James Boasberg rejected the Trump Administration’s bid to continue deporting individuals to mass prisons in El Salvador without due process. The federal judge found the Administration’s actions under the Alien Enemies Act—a 1798 law for dep... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (March 20, 2025)—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, sent a letter to President Trump demanding he reinstate Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya and Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The letter comes after President Trump’s attem... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (March 18, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request demanding DOGE stop lying to the American people and start providing clear answers about its operations. The request follows Elon Musk and th... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (March 18, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement after President Donald Trump lashed out at a federal judge on Truth Social and demanded judges be impeached—the latest escalation in Trump and Republicans’ crusade to undermine and erode the independent judiciary: “Donald Trump is losing and losing badl... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (March 14, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement admonishing the Trump Administration’s heartless deportation of a 10-year-old U.S. citizen recovering from brain cancer: “In Donald Trump’s America, a 10-year-old American citizen recovering from brain cancer can be arrested on her way to an emergency medica... Read more »
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ranking Member of the Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee, and Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05), Ranking Member of the Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee are leading 103 Members of Congress in demanding answers from Department of Homeland... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (March 13, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael Horowitz demanding an immediate investigation into apparent ethical, legal, and constitutional violations committed by Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Edward R. Martin, Jr. The letter outlines Mr. Mar... Read more »
