Nadler Con­cedes To Raskin, Bows Out Of Run­ning For Top Posi­tion

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Nadler Concedes To Raskin, Bows Out Of Running For Top Position

Anoth­er influ­en­tial House Demo­c­rat is step­ping down from com­mit­tee lead­er­ship after fac­ing a com­pet­i­tive chal­lenge from a younger mem­ber.

Demo­c­ra­t­ic New York Rep. Jer­ry Nadler, rank­ing mem­ber of the House Judi­cia­ry Com­mit­tee, announced his deci­sion to not seek anoth­er term as the influ­en­tial committee’s top Demo­c­rat in a let­ter to his Demo­c­ra­t­ic col­leagues released Wednes­day.

“I am also proud that, under my lead­er­ship, some of our caucus’s most tal­ent­ed ris­ing stars have been giv­en a plat­form to demon­strate their lead­er­ship and their abil­i­ties. That includes Jamie Raskin, who in just a few terms in Con­gress has already proven him­self to be an excep­tion­al leader and spokesper­son for our party’s val­ues,” Nadler wrote in a let­ter to his Demo­c­ra­t­ic col­leagues. “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.” (RELATED: Jer­ry Nadler Says ‘Veg­eta­bles’ Will ‘Rot’ If Ille­gal Immi­grants Aren’t There To Pick Them)

The House Judi­cia­ry Com­mit­tee is respon­si­ble for con­duct­ing over­sight on the courts and the Depart­ment of Jus­tice (DOJ). Under Repub­li­can Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan’s lead­er­ship, GOP law­mak­ers have used the com­mit­tee to inves­ti­gate the Biden DOJ’s pros­e­cu­tions of Pres­i­dent-elect Trump and have demand­ed that spe­cial coun­sel Jack Smith pre­serve all records relat­ed to the fed­er­al pros­e­cu­tions against Trump. (RELATED: Jack Smith Could Face ‘Severe Con­se­quences’ For Year-Long Legal Cru­sade Against Trump)

Raskin, a vocal crit­ic of Trump, pre­vi­ous­ly served as the senior Demo­c­rat on the House Over­sight Com­mit­tee where he led House Democ­rats’ defense of Hunter Biden dur­ing Repub­li­can Ken­tucky Rep. James Comer’s inves­ti­ga­tion into the Biden family’s busi­ness deal­ings. (RELATED: House Dem Flat­ly Denies Any ‘Proof’ FBI Was Weaponized Against ‘A Polit­i­cal Par­ty’).

Raskin also served as the lead impeach­ment man­ag­er dur­ing Trump’s sec­ond impeach­ment fol­low­ing Jan­u­ary 6th.

“The MAGA move­ment has not only a tri­fec­ta but a com­plic­it Supreme Court wait­ing in the wings and a dom­i­nant media pro­pa­gan­da sys­tem par­rot­ing all the lies,” Raskin wrote in a let­ter to Demo­c­ra­t­ic col­leagues announc­ing his bid to replace Nadler on Mon­day. “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.”

Nadler’s deci­sion to resign from com­mit­tee lead­er­ship after being chal­lenged by Raskin comes after sev­er­al long-time Demo­c­ra­t­ic law­mak­ers who occu­py top com­mit­tee spots, includ­ing Demo­c­ra­t­ic Geor­gia Rep. David Scott, are fac­ing con­tests from younger law­mak­ers in what appears to be a gen­er­a­tional change of lead­er­ship among House Democ­rats. Repub­li­can law­mak­ers, unlike House Democ­rats, have imposed a three-term lim­it on hold­ing com­mit­tee gavels.

Sev­er­al Demo­c­ra­t­ic law­mak­ers, includ­ing New York Rep. Alexan­dria Oca­sio-Cortez, are report­ed­ly expect­ed to run for the top Demo­c­ra­t­ic posi­tion on the House Over­sight Com­mit­tee fol­low­ing Raskin’s exit. Demo­c­ra­t­ic Vir­ginia Rep. Ger­ry Con­nol­ly is the only law­mak­er to enter the race to replace Raskin so far.

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