Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) has landed himself in the middle of a political firestorm after taking the extraordinary step of releasing confidential prison emails written by convicted human trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. The ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee is now facing fierce backlash, with critics accusing him of weaponizing government power to score political points.
Maxwell’s attorney, Leah Saffian, is leading the charge. She slammed Raskin’s decision as “a gross abuse of power” after several employees at Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Texas were fired for accessing and leaking the messages. According to reports, the communications were never authorized for release and were passed to Raskin’s office through improper and possibly illegal channels.
Saffian minced no words in her rebuke. “The congressman is a ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, an attorney and law professor,” she said Friday. “He must be aware that his conduct undermines the whole legal process. His action should be a matter for professional disciplinary action.”
Federal Bureau of Prisons officials later confirmed the dismissals, saying that the staffers involved violated strict rules protecting inmate privacy. Saffian argued that the entire episode represented “a breach of constitutional protections, including the First, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments afforded to all prisoners.”
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