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House Oversight Democrat quietly meeting with GOP lawmakers in effort to quash impeachment inquiry: sources Raskin's efforts come ahead of a House meeting to consider a resolution to formalize the impeachment inquiry framework. EXCLUSIVE: The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee has been informally meeting with Republicans behind closed doors in an effort to persuade them to abandon the impeachment effort against President Biden, as GOP lawmakers prepare to vote to formalize the inquiry, Fox News Digital has learned. Committee ranking member Jamie Raskin, D-Md., has been quietly discussing impeachment with House Republicans with whom he has close relationships,...

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) fired back at GOP leaders of the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday over their subpoenas of Biden family members. The committee earlier Wednesday issued subpoenas for President Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, and the president’s brother, James Biden. It also asked James Biden’s wife, Sarah Biden, as well as Hunter Biden’s wife, Melissa Cohen, to sit for transcribed interviews. The panel also asks for interviews with Hallie Biden, the widow of Beau Biden, and her sister Elizabeth Secundy.

House Oversight Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) on Monday dismissed an allegation that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating President Joe Biden for taking a $5 million bribe from a Ukrainian energy company despite the FBI saying otherwise. Despite clear evidence that the Biden family took in millions of dollars during and after Joe Biden’s vice presidency, as well as credible allegations of bribery, Raskin has consistently tried to discredit the House’s probe. In a letter to House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY), Raskin accused the chairman of “promot[ing] baseless accusations, going so far as to tell Fox...

Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said Friday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that he believes Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) will “end their political careers by shutting down the government for no reason.” Raskin said, “Donald Trump is calling the shots across the board. He thinks he can shut down his indictments and the work of the special counsel and the Department of Justice and the federal courts by getting Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene and three other members of the MAGA caucus to derail the House and shut down the government of the United States.”

Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press” that the argument that former President Donald Trump did not break laws and was only expressing his First Amendment rights in the days after the 2020 election is a “deranged argument.” Discussing the January 6 indictment, Raskin said, “A technical violation of the Constitution is a violation of the Constitution. The Constitution in six different places opposes insurrection and makes that a grievous constitutional event. Our constitution is designed to stop people from trying to overthrow elections and trying to overthrow the government, but in any event, there’s a...

Ranking member of the House Oversight Committee Jamie Raskin (D-MD) threw a “tantrum” on Thursday because he has not received a copy of Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop after House Democrats were in the majority for two years. Even though Democrats refused to admit the emails on the laptop were authentic for over a year after initially reported in October of 2020, Raskin is now scolding his colleague Rep. James Comer (R-KY), chair of the Oversight Committee, for not providing a copy to him. “Rather than provide the Minority with equal access to this drive, you have directed us to obtain...