Donald Trump Jr.'s venture capital firm, 1789 Capital, rejected Rep. Jamie Raskin's investigation demands in a sharply worded legal letter, calling his allegations unsubstantiated and refusing to hand over confidential business records. Lawyers for the firm sent the letter to Raskin's office this week, dismissing the Maryland Democrat's claims that 1789 Capital made suspiciously well-timed […] The post Trump Jr.'s investment firm fires back at Raskin's demand for records, calls probe "political gamesmanship" appeared first on American Almanac .
Donald Trump Jr.'s venture capital firm, 1789 Capital, rejected Rep. Jamie Raskin's investigation demands in a sharply worded legal letter, calling his allegations unsubstantiated and refusing to hand over confidential business records. Lawyers for the firm sent the letter to Raskin's office this week, dismissing the Maryland Democrat's claims that 1789 Capital made suspiciously well-timed investments in companies that later received federal funding or favorable policy treatment. The response, shared with CBS News , accused Raskin of conflating separate entities, mischaracterizing transactions, and contradicting his own cited sources. The clash marks the latest round in a broader Democratic campaign to scrutinize the Trump family's…Open
“The Right Squad” breaks down how prominent Democrats, including Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom, and Jamie Raskin, are aligning with the Democratic Socialists of America ahead of upcoming elections.
House Democrats sank a Republican-backed constitutional amendment that would have permanently capped the Supreme Court at nine seats, a vote GOP leaders staged to force every lawmaker on the record weeks before the midterm elections. The measure failed 212-206 on Wednesday, far short of the two-thirds supermajority the House requires to advance a constitutional amendment. […] The post House Democrats vote down amendment to cap Supreme Court at nine justices appeared first on American Almanac .
House Democrats sank a Republican-backed constitutional amendment that would have permanently capped the Supreme Court at nine seats, a vote GOP leaders staged to force every lawmaker on the record weeks before the midterm elections. The measure failed 212-206 on Wednesday, far short of the two-thirds supermajority the House requires to advance a constitutional amendment. Every Democrat who voted opposed it. Speaker Mike Johnson had fast-tracked the resolution under a procedure known as "suspension of the rules," which limits debate but raises the passage threshold from a simple majority to two-thirds, a bar Republicans knew they could not clear without significant Democratic support. The result was never really in doubt. Republicans…Open
House Judiciary Committee ranking member Rep. Jamie Raskin joins MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell to react to Donald Trump’s latest legal setback in his attempt to seize control of our elections. Rep. Raskin tells Lawrence that every day that passes makes it even more difficult for “even extreme MAGA Justices” to throw “this terrible monkey wrench into the elections.”
“Breaking News.” That’s how The Washington Post begins the story whose headline read, “The Trump administration task force charged with investigating antisemitism on Ivy League campuses […] Source
Jeffries supported implementing 18-year term limits for Supreme Court justices, which is currently a lifelong appointment, and said that House Judiciary Ranking Member Jamie Raskin D-Md., would lead talks on altering the high court.
Trump's DOJ is going to extraordinary lengths to punish the president's enemies, now convening a rare special grand jury to potentially release a report related to its subject even if they don't end up being prosecuted. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) joins The Weeknight with his plans to fight back.
House Judiciary Ranking Member Jamie Raskin sent a letter to Pirro and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum seeking communications between their offices and the White House along with documents related to the case.