Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee. Recent Republicans rhetoric “not only undermines the Department of Justice but betrays the essential principle of justice that no one is above the commands of law, not even a former President or a self-proclaimed billionaire,” said Rep. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, both Democrats from New York, issued a joint statement Friday urging calm around the Trump case, saying everyone should “let this case proceed peacefully in court.” “Eye for an eye.”ĭemocrats say the Republicans are trafficking in conspiracy theories, with potentially dangerous consequences. “We have now reached a war phase,” he tweeted. Jim Jordan, the House Judiciary Committee chairman who is a leading Trump defender and ally, in a statement Thursday. “It’s a sad day for America,” said Ohio Rep. A GOP-led House subcommittee on the “weaponization” of government is probing the Justice Department and other government agencies, while at the same time Republicans are investigating Biden’s son Hunter Biden. A near constant string of hearings featuring former FBI agents, Twitter executives and federal officials have sought to paint the narrative of a corrupt government using its powers against Trump and the right. Republican lawmakers in the House have already laid extensive groundwork for the effort to defend Trump since taking the majority in January. McCarthy called it a “grave injustice” and said that House Republicans “will hold this brazen weaponization of power accountable.” McCarthy blamed Biden, who has declined to comment on the case and said he is not at all involved in the Justice Department’s decisions. “Today is indeed a dark day for the United States of America,” tweeted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, soon after Trump said on his social media platform Thursday night that an indictment was coming. GOP lawmakers are instead working, as they have for several years, to foster a broader argument that law enforcement - and President Joe Biden - are conspiring against the former president and possible Republican nominee for president in 2024. The Republican campaign to discredit federal prosecutors skims over the substance of those charges, which were brought by a grand jury in Florida. The evidence details Trump's own words and actions as recounted by lawyers, close aides and other witnesses. The federal indictment against Trump, unsealed Friday, includes 37 counts, including allegations that the former president intentionally possessed classified documents, showed them off to visitors, willfully defied Justice Department demands to return them and made false statements to federal authorities about them. But about a thousand miles away, part of Trump’s defense is well underway in a different venue - the halls of Congress, where Republicans have been preparing for months to wage an aggressive counteroffensive against the Justice Department. Raskin’s partners gave an overflowing of sympathies as the news flowed Thursday night.WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Donald Trump’s indictment on charges of mishandling classified documents is set to play out in a federal court in Florida.
Raskin’s office said in an explanation that the senator and his family were appreciative for the help from constituents, companions and neighbors however requested that everybody “notice severe COVID-19 conventions during this season of misery.” The Raskin family lives in Takoma Park, Md. Tommy Bloom Raskin is additionally made due by two sisters, Hannah and Tabitha, alongside two grandparents, Lynn Raskin and Arlene Bloom. We are crushed and obliterated to be without him.”
“He enthusiastically adored his family, companions, and creatures, and was dedicated to the reason for the worldwide poor. His splendor and empathy knew no limits,” Raskin and his significant other, Sarah Bloom Raskin, said of their child. The reason or conditions of his demise were not promptly clear, and a representative for Raskin couldn’t quickly be arrived at Thursday night.
His child, Thomas Bloom Raskin, was a second-year understudy at Harvard Law School - where the two his folks procured law degrees - and was an alum of Amherst College. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) declared the passing of his 25-year-old child in an assertion Thursday night, saying his family was “crushed” by the misfortune.
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