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Jamie Raskin

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Jamie Raskin is an American attorney, law professor, and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 8th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Raskin has been an advocate for various progressive policies, including healthcare reform and civil rights. He gained national attention for his role in the impeachment proceedings against former President Donald Trump, where he served as a lead impeachment manager during the Senate trial in early 2020.

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Dec 16, 2019

The people's body will speak this week. And if it goes the way I hope we will go, we will impeach this President for abuse of power, we will impeach this President for obstruction of the Congress.

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Dec 16, 2019

We are supposed to stand sentinel to make sure that the President will only enforce the laws.

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Dec 16, 2019

America remembers when then-candidate Donald Trump uttered the imperishably infamous words: Russia, if you are listening...

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Dec 16, 2019

If you don't think it is a big deal for the President of the United States to shake down foreign governments and pressure them to get involved in our campaigns, just tell us so.

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Dec 16, 2019

Well, if he is innocent, just tell him to come prove it.

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Dec 16, 2019

We fought to keep the vision of our Founders alive in our time.

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Dec 16, 2019

We cannot allow this misconduct to pass. It would be a sellout of our Constitution, our foreign policy, our national security, and our democracy.

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Dec 16, 2019

I think that there is not any credible evidence from any of the witnesses, or anything in the record to suggest that the President was actually trying to ferret out corruption as opposed to impose a corrupt scheme on the President of…

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Dec 16, 2019

Mr. President, this is not about you. This is about all of us, what kind of behavior we are willing to tolerate.

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Dec 16, 2019

President Trump makes Richard Nixon look like a little leaguer when it comes to obstruction.

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Dec 16, 2019

I think this was an essential betrayal of his oath of office.

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Dec 16, 2019

The President cannot have the power to destroy our oversight investigative power.

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Dec 16, 2019

the President chose not to avail himself of any of those opportunities

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Dec 16, 2019

Rudy Giuliani is a hand grenade that is going to blow everybody up.

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Dec 10, 2019

He wanted a statement on television that Ukraine was investigating and was going to investigate Vice President Joe Biden.

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Dec 10, 2019

Significant improvements to policies and procedures are needed to ensure full and consistent enforcement of anti-harassment and hate incident policies.

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Dec 10, 2019

The Coast Guard military leadership failed to conduct prompt, thorough, and impartial investigations of allegations of harassment and bullying.

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Dec 10, 2019

Submitted by the Honorable Jamie Raskin

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Dec 10, 2019

Today, we bring our fellow citizens overwhelming and totally uncontradicted evidence of two high crimes and misdemeanors against the American people.

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Dec 10, 2019

The House had no choice but to impeach, because, under our Constitution, the President's job is to take care that the laws are faithfully executed.

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Dec 10, 2019

No actions were taken against any of the officials involved in this substantiated retaliation.

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Dec 10, 2019

In America, elections belong to the people, not the President.

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Dec 10, 2019

We should not tolerate a single act of bullying or harassment against a member of any branch of our armed services.

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