Maryland Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin, likely the next chair of the House Judiciary Committee, has expressed greater openness to impeaching President Donald Trump following his party’s “blue wave” of election victories earlier this week. Although Raskin previously served as manager of the Trump impeachment that followed the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by a mob of the president’…
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The Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee have launched an investigation into dealings between President Donald Trump and the leaders of FIFA on the heels of the World Cup, accusing the leaders of conducting a “bribery and corruption scheme” to enrich themselves at the expense of soccer fans around the world. On Monday, the committee’s ranking member, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland)…
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The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Jamie Raskin, launched an investigation Monday into whether the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein worked on behalf of foreign governments to influence President Donald Trump during his first term. In a letter addressed to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche; Trump’s nominee to be director of national intelligence, Jay Clayton…
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Last week, President Donald Trump demanded that Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland — a Democrat who played a major role in the impeachment proceedings against him in his first term — be expelled from Congress. The demand flouts separation of powers standards dictating that the executive and legislative branches govern and enforce rules for themselves without interference from the other.
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Lawmakers from both the Democratic and Republican parties are pushing back against a so-called “anti-weaponization” fund, established by President Donald Trump and the Department of Justice (DOJ), that is ostensibly designed to provide financial compensation to individuals who feel they’ve been unfairly targeted by the federal government. The fund was created following Trump’s decision to…
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The ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee on Friday morning announced a “sweeping” probe into alleged self-enrichment by Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump who has served as a high-profile White House envoy in the Middle East while also, according to Congressman Jamie Raskin, “soliciting billions of dollars from Gulf monarchies for [his] private business…
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