Consultant Jamie Raskin (D-MD) mentioned Thursday on CNN’s “The Scenario Room” that “we’re within the battle of our lives” towards the incoming administration.
Raskin mentioned, “We’re within the battle of our lives, Wolf. There’s an incoming administration which has vowed to show the Division of Justice into an instrument of political revenge and retaliation and persecution of particular person Americans. We’ve bought an incoming administration which doesn’t appear to care about any constitutional boundaries they’re threatening to impound funds which have been appropriated for explicit functions by Congress and use them for different functions. That was, in fact, one thing that Donald Trump did in his first administration when he redirected cash from different lawfully appropriated capabilities to constructing the wall in Mexico, which he had promised the folks of Mexico had been going to pay for. However in fact, that promise was damaged. The folks of Mexico, the federal government of Mexico didn’t pay for it. And they also tried to redirect cash from different locations.”
He added, “So, you recognize, I’ve uh, vowed that I can’t enable the Structure of america to be put into any form of shredder or processor. We’re going to defend the separation of powers. We’re going to defend the First Modification, the suitable of the folks to assemble. We’re going to defend the lawful prerogatives of Congress. We’re going to defend judicial independence and that’s our job. And the Judiciary Committee is the entrance strains of that protection.”
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