Jerry Nadler Stepping Down From Top Spot On Judiciary Committee, Endorses Jamie Raskin [View all]
Source: Huff Post
Dec 4, 2024, 03:46 PM EST | Updated 3 minutes ago
WASHINGTON ― Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) announced Wednesday he wouldn’t run to be the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee next year, endorsing Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) as his replacement.
“As our country faces the return of Donald Trump, and the renewed threats to our democracy and our way of life that he represents, I am very confident that Jamie would ably lead the Judiciary Committee as we confront this growing danger,” Nadler wrote in a letter to his colleagues obtained by the Associated Press.
Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, announced his bid to take over as the top Democrat on judiciary this week, saying the committee would be “the headquarters of Congressional opposition to authoritarianism.”
The highest-ranking member of the minority party sits beside the committee chair and plays a significant role in hearings. Under Raskin’s leadership, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee frequently undermined Republican messaging as that committee tried but failed to come up with impeachment material against President Joe Biden.
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