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Representative Raskin Blames Administration for Widespread Attacks on Free Expression in Judiciary Hearing
Summary
In an opening statement to the House Judiciary committee, Representative Raskin accused the Trump administration of repeated assaults on free speech, the press, universities and civil-society groups, citing specific incidents and historical parallels and calling for continued oversight.
Representative Raskin, a representative from Maryland, opened the House Judiciary committee hearing with a forceful critique of what he described as systematic attacks on free expression by the Trump administration. Quoting Alexei Navalny, Raskin urged officials and citizens "to tell the truth every day" as a corrective to what he called authoritarian tendencies in government.
Raskin framed his remarks around the First Amendment, saying the administration had sought to "stamp out the truth" by pressuring institutions that exercise independent judgment. He cited historical parallels — the Alien and Sedition Act of 1798 and Andrew Jackson’s use of the postmaster general — and invoked Nixon-era COINTELPRO as precedent for state efforts to disrupt political opposition. "They do…
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