Who is Jamie Raskin, the guide Residence manager at Trump’s next impeachment demo?

The 1st handful of weeks of 2021 have been hellish for Jamie Raskin.

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The Democratic congressman from Maryland began the yr by asserting that his only son dedicated suicide on New Year’s Eve.

A lot less than a week afterwards, Raskin cowered inside of the U.S. Capitol with other customers of Congress as a violent mob of pro-Trump attackers stormed the constructing in a failed bid to overthrow American democracy.

And now, Raskin is gearing up to direct a staff of Home administrators who will make the case at Donald Trump’s impeachment demo that the Senate have to convict the former president and bar him from at any time holding public workplace once again for instigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) named Raskin as the lead Household impeachment manager on Jan. 12, saying the Maryland congressman was uniquely geared up for the undertaking with a “great like of region, determination to protect our democracy and loyalty to our oath to the Structure.”

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Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.)

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) (J. Scott Applewhite/)

As lead supervisor, Raskin will serve as the main mouthpiece for Trump’s conviction.

When opening arguments begin on Feb. 8, he’s probably to get the most speaking time for the House side. He’s also in demand of delegating the remaining talking time to his 8 fellow impeachment supervisors.

Raskin’s considerable constitutional chops affected Pelosi to pick him for the prime demo job.

Just before currently being elected to Congress, he taught constitutional regulation at American University for a lot more than 25 yrs, and his Dwelling committee assignments are reflective of that.

He currently serves as the chairman of the House Oversight Committee’s sub-panel on civil legal rights, and as the vice chairman of the Household Judiciary Committee’s sub-panel on the Structure. He also serves as the vice chairman of Household Administration Committee.

Questioned on CNN last week why he determined to acquire on the large-profile impeachment publish even though mourning his son, Raskin proposed the family members tragedy affected him.

“I’m not heading to get rid of my son in 2020 and my region in 2021,” he said.