(CBrief) – Maryland Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin, who led one of the impeachment proceedings against then-President Donald Trump, has announced a “serious but curable” cancer diagnosis. The long-serving lawmaker was the lead House manager for Trump’s second impeachment following the Jan. 6 Capitol Building riot. He is currently serving on the House Jan. 6 Committee.
“After several days of tests, I have been diagnosed with Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma, which is a serious but curable form of cancer,” he noted in a press release. “I am about to embark on a course of chemo-immunotherapy on an outpatient basis at Med Star Georgetown University Hospital and Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.
“Prognosis for most people in my situation is excellent after four months of treatment,” he added, per Fox News. “I am advised that it also causes hair loss and weight gain.”
He said that he planned to continue working throughout his treatment but that his doctors advised him to take precautions and try to avoid being exposed to COVID-19, flu, or other viruses.
If Raskin is anything, he is a loyalist Democrat. In October, he spoke to CNN host Anderson Cooper and made excuses for why what President Joe Biden said about prosecuting those who do not comply with Congressional subpoenas is not the same as thing as what Donald Trump did as president, The Washington Examiner reported.
“The first thing he said was that the committee should aggressively enforce our right to get people’s testimony and to get the documents we’ve subpoenaed, and there is no problem with that,” said the Maryland Democrat.
“I also don’t have a problem with him, as a citizen like me, saying he hopes the Department of Justice will aggressively enforce the law, so people don’t get away with committing crimes like this,” he said.
“Obviously, four years of Donald Trump has made everybody a little bit rusty in terms of executive branch relationships with the president and law enforcement in the Department of Justice, and I don’t think he was telling the Department of Justice what to do, but they will make their own decision, and we have confidence that the attorney general will do the right thing and DOJ will make the right decision,” he said.
Sharing my complete statement on my diagnosis. Thanks for all the overwhelming support. I am very optimistic about my treatment and am grateful for your encouragement, support and prayers. https://t.co/6S4KokunfL
— Rep. Jamie Raskin (@RepRaskin) December 29, 2022
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