Washington, D.C. (January 16, 2025)— Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Daniel Goldman led Committee Democrats in a letter urging Attorney General Merrick Garland to release Volume 2 of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on President-elect Donald Trump’s refusal to return classified documents after he left office. The letter comes on the heels of the publ... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (January 16, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, spoke on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 30—the so-called “Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act” that would harm survivors of domestic violence and does nothing to keep survivors safe. Below are Ranking Member Raskin’s remarks on the House floor today, and the vid... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (January 15, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after the Department of Justice (DOJ) released Volume 1 of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s final report on President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election and seize the presidency, which resulted in the January 6, 2021, ins... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (January 15, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement announcing Subcommittee Ranking Members and assignments for Committee Democrats in the 119th Congress: “This group of talented Ranking Members is well-prepared to take on the challenges and opportunities of the new Congress, and I’m confident that under th... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (January 14, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement announcing new Democratic Members of the Committee for the 119th Congress: “I am thrilled to welcome this team of Democratic all-stars and legal eagles to the Committee for the 119th Congress. This stellar roster of Democrats will wage a front-line defens... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (January 14, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement announcing that Rep. Becca Balint will serve as Vice Ranking Member on the Committee for the 119th Congress: “I am happy to announce that Vermont’s beloved Rep. Becca Balint will be serving alongside me as the Vice Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Com... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (January 13, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after the Department of Justice (DOJ) released Special Counsel David Weiss’s report on Hunter Biden: “Special Counsel David Weiss—who was unimpeded by political interference despite the extraordinary nature of his investigation into a sitting President’s s... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (January 9, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement following a report that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito spoke with President-elect Donald Trump, one day before Trump’s lawyers asked the Supreme Court to delay his sentencing in his New York hush money case: “Yesterday, we learned that President-elect T... Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC (January 7, 2025) - Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, spoke on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 29, the Laken Riley Act, a bill that exploits Laken Riley’s tragic death and does nothing to fix our broken immigration system and instead requires the Attorney General to detain people wrongly accused of petty crimes like shoplifting. Below a... Read more »
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today released a Democratic staff report titled, "Trying to Prove a Negative: Republicans’ Unsubstantiated and Politically Motivated Attacks against Special Counsel David Weiss’s Investigation." In the forward to the Report, Ranking Member Nadler writes, in part: "One year, nine interviews, countless taxpayer dollars, and hundreds of h... Read more »
