Washington, D.C. (April 25, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement after Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel said agents arrested a county judge in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on charges of obstructing an immigration arrest: “Americans are watching with outrage the stunning news that Trump’s FBI has arr... Read more »
Washington, D.C. — The Litigation and Rapid Response Task Force led 192 House Democrats in filing an amicus brief challenging the Trump Administration’s efforts to close the Department of Education in the matter of the State of New York v. Linda McMahon. A case in which 20 states moved to sue the administration for its plans to place fifty percent of the Department’s workforce on administrative le... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (April 24, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement on President Donald Trump’s presidential memorandum to the Department of Justice (DOJ) targeting ActBlue, an online platform utilized by Americans to support Democratic campaigns at all levels of government: “What a striking development. Donald Trump po... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member Jamie Raskin of the House Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) demanded the Department of Justice (DOJ) provide details on the threatened use of armed Special Deputy U.S. Marshals to intimidate a fired Trump administration official ahead of her scheduled appearance before Raskin and Schiff's bicameral spotli... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (April 23, 2025)— Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel demanding he open an investigation into Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin’s failure to disclose to the Senate Judiciary Committee more than 150 appearances on Russian state-controlled television,... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, are pressing five top law firms for answers regarding their capitulation to President Donald Trump through deals made with him in order to avoid executive orders targeting firm... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (April 21, 2025)— Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Hank Johnson, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet, sent a letter to Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., expressing grave concern over the escalating volume and severity of threats against federal judges, th... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (April 18, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement addressing concerns that President Donald Trump may invoke the Insurrection Act as part of his administration’s escalating campaign against immigrants and U.S. citizens alike: “I am being flooded with messages asking me to address rumors that Donald Tru... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Reps. Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Joe Morelle (NY-25), and Gerry Connolly (VA-11), the top Democrats on the Committees on House Administration, Judiciary, and Oversight and Government Reform, respectively, sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi requesting confirmation that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will zealously represent the Government Accountability Office (GAO)—a Legis... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House and Senate Democrats filed an amicus brief opposing President Donald Trump’s unlawful attempt to fire members of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). FTC Commissioners Rebecca Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya are duly appointed, Senate-confirmed Commissioners at an independent federal agency created by Congress. Trump’s illegal attempts to terminate them threaten the inte... Read more »
