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Ranking Member Raskin Demands White House Disclose Trump’s Crypto Dinner Guest List

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Washington, D.C. (May 29, 2025)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to President Donald Trump demanding he release the guest list of invitees to his gala dinner honoring top buyers of the $TRUMP memecoin who purchased access to the President. Analyses indicate that a majority of the buyers are likely foreign nationals who would have been barred from do... Read more »

House Democrats Reintroduce Legislation to Fulfill Promise of Brown

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WASHINGTON – Over 70 years after the Supreme Court’s landmark 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education, Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (MD-08), House Committee on the Judiciary, Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforceand Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) reintroduced two key pieces of legislation aimed at advancing educational equity and add... Read more »

Rep. Swalwell, Ranking Members Raskin and Johnson, Co-Lead Bicameral Bill to Move US Marshals Service to Judicial Branch

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Washington, D.C. (May 22, 2025)—Rep. Eric Swalwell, Member of the House Judiciary Committee, along with Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, and Rep. Hank Johnson, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet, plan to introduce legislation that would address the potential for weaponization of th... Read more »

Ranking Member Raskin’s Statement on Trump’s Retaliatory Attack on Harvard’s Independence

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Washington, D.C. (May 22, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement on President Donald Trump’s weaponization of the federal government against Harvard University: “For many decades, Harvard has brought brilliant young people from around the world to the United States, where they have contributed to American global leader... Read more »

Judiciary Democrats: Trump is Criminalizing Congressional Oversight as the Administration Tramples Constitutional Rights and Freedoms

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Washington, D.C. (May 21, 2025)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Oversight, led Democrats in standing up against the Trump Administration’s attempts to intimidate Members of Congress conducting lawful oversight of Trump’s chaotic immigration enforcement. The hearing included testimony from: Jason Ho... Read more »

Following Trump Admin.’s Acceptance of $400 Million Qatari Plane, Ranking Member Raskin Expands Probe Into Reports of a Months-long Shakedown Campaign

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Washington, D.C. (May 21, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, is demanding answers from U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth regarding reports of the Trump Administration’s months-long pressure campaign to obtain a $400 million private jet as a “gift” for President Donald Trump from the Qatari royal fami... Read more »

Ranking Member Raskin Demands Inspector General Probe Suspicious Timing of Stock Sale By Attorney General Bondi

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Washington, D.C. (May 20, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz urging him to investigate whether Attorney General Pam Bondi or any other DOJ officials engaged in illegal insider trading ahead of President Donald Trump’s tariff announcement, following reports Bondi sold... Read more »

Subcommittee Ranking Member Crockett’s Opening Statement at Hearing on the Trump Administration’s Campaign to Stifle Congressional Oversight

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Washington, D.C. (May 20, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Oversight, delivered opening remarks at a hearing on so-called “threats” to ICE enforcement, where Committee Republicans aided and abetted the Trump Administration’s campaign to stifle Congressional oversight. Below are Ranking Member Crockett’s remarks at today’s hearing. WATCH Ranking Member Crock... Read more »

Ranking Member Raskin’s Opening Statement at Subcommittee Hearing on the Trump Administration’s Campaign to Stifle Congressional Oversight

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Washington, D.C. (May 20, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered opening remarks at the Subcommittee on Oversight hearing on so-called “threats” to ICE enforcement, where Committee Republicans aided and abetted the Trump Administration’s campaign to stifle Congressional oversight. Below are Ranking Member Raskin’s remarks at today’s hearing. WATC... Read more »

Ranking Members Raskin, Jayapal, Crockett, Scanlon, Nadler, Johnson, McBath, Statement on DOJ Targeting of Representative McIver

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Washington, D.C. (May 19, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Oversight, Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government, Re... Read more »