Jamie Raskin challenges Jerry Nadler for top Democratic spot on House Judiciary panel
Rep. Jamie Raskin, who served as the lead Democratic prosecutor in Donald Trump's second impeachment trial, will challenge Rep. Jerry Nadler for House Judiciary chairman.
WASHINGTON — Rep. Jamie Raskin, a former constitutional law professor who served as the Democrats’ lead prosecutor in the Trump impeachment trial after the Jan. 6 attack, told colleagues Monday he will challenge Rep. Jerry Nadler for the top Democratic spot on the powerful Judiciary Committee.
Nadler, 77, of New York, has held the top job on the Judiciary panel since 2019, served in Congress since 1992 and has had some health scares in recent years. While Raskin is 61 years old, his bold challenge to Nadler is another example of a new generation of Democratic stars taking on the old guard — and the party's seniority system — after disappointing losses in the 2024 elections.
“In the 119th Congress, the Judiciary Committee will be the headquarters of Congressional opposition to authoritarianism and MAGA’s campaign to dismantle our Constitutional system and the rule of law as we know it,” Raskin, of Maryland, a cancer survivor who also served on the special House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack, wrote in a letter to colleagues Monday.
“I hope to be at the center of this fight and — as someone who has battled cancer and chemotherapy — I can tell you that I will never, never surrender," he continued.
In his three-page letter, Raskin, the current ranking member of the Oversight Committee, also offered praise for Nadler, who is running for his fourth term leading Democrats on the Judiciary panel.
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