WASHINGTON—Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) announced on Dec. 2 that he’s challenging Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) for the top Democrat spot on the House Judiciary Committee.
In a Dec. 2 letter to colleagues, Raskin, currently the ranking member on the House Oversight Committee, said he threw his hat in the ring to challenge Nadler—the top Democrat of the House Judiciary Committee—after consulting with his colleagues.
In a CNN appearance on Dec. 1, Raskin said he was “not ruling anything out.”
Raskin said that the committee will take center-stage with President-elect Donald Trump, of whom he’s a staunch critic, back in the White House….