Congressman Jamie Raskin on Impeaching Donald Trump—Again
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🗓️ 22 February 2021
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Tommy Raskin, a twenty-five-year-old law student, took his own life on New Year’s Eve, after a long battle against depression. His family laid him to rest on January 5th, and, the next day, his father went to the United States Capitol, where he serves in Congress. Representative Jamie Raskin, who represents Maryland’s Eighth District, had an enormous task ahead of him: he was mounting the defense of the Electoral College vote. When a violent mob incited by Donald Trump breached the building, Raskin’s life was in danger, along with the lives of his daughter and son-in-law, who had joined him that day for support. Just weeks later, when the House impeached Donald Trump for his role in inciting that insurrection, Raskin was the lead manager prosecuting the case. Raskin told David Remnick about the devastation of a suicide in the family, his condolence calls from President Biden and Vice-President Harris, and how he believed the entire Senate would unite to convict Donald Trump.
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| 1:16.9 | Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland. Raskin recently served as the lead impeachment |
| 1:22.1 | manager and the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump. |
| 1:29.1 | January 6th, the day when mobs descended on the Capitol building in Washington, will |
| 1:34.2 | live very long in the memories of millions of Americans. For Jamie Raskin, that is especially |
| 1:40.2 | the case. Raskin is a Democrat representing Maryland's eighth congressional district. |
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| 1:51.6 | depression and took his life on New Year's Eve. The Raskin family laid Tommy to rest on the fifth, |
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