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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’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 »

Ranking Member Raskin’s Statement on Donald Trump’s Baseless Scapegoating After Tragic Plane Crash

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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 baseless and abhorrent scapegoating of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies following the tragic fatal plane crash at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) earlier this week: “As families, friends ... Read more »

Ranking Member Raskin: Kash Patel Is Dangerous, Unfit to Lead FBI

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Washington, D.C. (January 30, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement rebuking President Donald Trump’s dangerous pick to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Kash Patel, after his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee only further proved that he is staggeringly unfit to lead the nation’s prem... Read more »

In Bicameral Letter, Ranking Members Call on Secretary Rubio to Immediately Restore Refugee Resettlement Services

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Washington, D.C. (January 29, 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, along with Sen. Dick Durbin, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Alex Padilla, Ranking Member for the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border S... Read more »

Ranking Member Raskin Statement on Disastrous Consequences of Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze

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Washington, D.C. (January 28, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement and a fact sheet after the Trump Administration announced a sweeping freeze on all federal funding—a brazen attack on millions of American families and a blatant episode of executive trespass on Congressional powers. “The Trump Administration’s unprecedent... Read more »

Ranking Members Raskin and Connolly Demand Answers Regarding Widespread Firings, Involuntary Reassignments of Career Employees at DOJ

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Washington, D.C. (January 28, 2025)— Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, are demanding answers from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Acting Attorney General James R. McHenry III following reports of sweeping firings and involuntary reassignments of career civil servan... Read more »

Rebuking Late-night Purge of Inspectors General, House Democratic Ranking Members Demand President Trump Comply with the Law

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Washington, D.C. (January 25, 2025)— Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, joined House Committee Ranking Members in a letter to President Donald Trump condemning his attempted late-night purge of at least 12 independent inspectors general, which appears to have violated federal law designed to protect their work from political interference and intimidation. Th... Read more »