Raskin Says Democrats Will Investigate Firms That Worked With Trump
Rep. Jamie Raskin said Democrats would use congressional oversight and subpoenas to investigate private companies and law firms he believes cooperated with President Donald Trump. He made the remarks on November 5, 2026, after Democrats’ election gains, and is expected to become chair of the House Judiciary Committee when the new Congress convenes in January.
Raskin accused some businesses of assisting what he called Trump’s lawlessness. He also criticized major law firms, including Paul Weiss, saying they had yielded to coercive tactics by the administration and made concessions. He contrasted them with firms he described as having resisted those tactics.
Raskin said Democrats had sent letters to law firms but had not received adequate responses. He said that, with subpoena authority and the ability to conduct oversight, lawmakers expected firms to provide information. He warned that firms would have to comply with congressional subpoenas, which he said carry the same legal force as judicial subpoenas.
Raskin did not identify specific actions by the companies that he characterized as unlawful or explain what consequences might follow if firms’ responses satisfy investigators. His comments came after Democrats had campaigned on issues including gas prices and affordability. The new Congress is due to take office in January.
Raskin Puts Corporate Cooperation With Trump Under Scrutiny
Democrats’ election gains would give Rep. Jamie Raskin the chance to use House oversight powers to examine whether businesses and law firms helped President Donald Trump’s administration, he said on November 5, 2026. The scrutiny would put the conduct of powerful institutions under review as Raskin prepares to take over the House Judiciary Committee in January.
Raskin accused some companies of collaborating in what he described as lawlessness. He singled out major law firms, including Paul Weiss, for what he called capitulation to coercive tactics, while praising firms he said resisted. Those are serious allegations, and Raskin said his committee would seek information rather than simply accept firms’ accounts without scrutiny.
He said Democrats had already sent letters to law firms and had not received adequate responses. With subpoena authority and oversight powers, he said, the committee could compel information. Raskin said firms would have to comply with congressional subpoenas, which he described as carrying the same legal force as judicial subpoenas.
The next step, he said, is to use that authority when the new Congress begins. Raskin did not detail the specific conduct under investigation or say what consequences could follow if firms’ explanations prove sufficient. But demanding answers from institutions accused of enabling unlawful conduct is a core oversight responsibility—not a substitute for addressing the everyday concerns voters raised, including affordability and gas prices.
Raskin Threatens Firms That Worked With Trump
Rep. Jamie Raskin’s first message after Democrats’ election gains was a warning to businesses and law firms that worked with President Donald Trump: they could face congressional investigations. Speaking on November 5, 2026, Raskin said Democrats would use oversight and subpoena power against firms he accuses of collaborating with the administration.
Raskin named Paul Weiss among the law firms he said had capitulated to Trump’s tactics, and accused firms that have not adequately answered lawmakers’ letters of withholding information. He said subpoenas would compel them to come forward. Yet he did not identify the specific acts he considers unlawful or explain what remedy would be appropriate if firms’ accounts are truthful.
That distinction matters. Raskin is poised to lead the House Judiciary Committee in January, giving his threat added weight: firms that dealt with the administration could be hauled before a committee led by a lawmaker who has already described them as collaborators. His promise raises the prospect of oversight being directed at political associations rather than clearly identified wrongdoing.
Democrats campaigned on concerns such as affordability and gas prices. Raskin’s remarks instead put investigations of companies and law firms at the forefront. The new Congress will have subpoena authority, he said, but he offered no account of how this approach would lower costs or what would happen to firms that provide satisfactory answers.
Reported by The Daily Wire, Townhall.
