Rep. Jamie Raskin went on MS NOW the day after Democrats took the House and Senate and said the quiet part out loud. “We will not hesitate to go after the private corporations that are collaborating in all of the lawlessness with Donald Trump. We’ve done it before, and we will absolutely do it again,” the incoming House Judiciary chair told Nicolle Wallace.
Jamie Raskin announces any company who dared work with the Trump administration will be punished.
Communist regimes don’t allow companies to work with the other party.
Any corporation that didn’t bend knee to the DEI agenda will be ruthlessly targeted.
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— Radical Left Exposed (@radleftexposed) November 5, 2026
The clip spread fast. Accounts framed it as a warning that any firm which worked with the Trump administration should expect punishment once Democrats hold the gavels in January. Raskin specifically called out law firms that “capitulated” or “surrendered” to the White House, naming Paul Weiss as one that made “outrageous concessions.” He said letters already sent to those firms produced little; subpoena power would change that.
He is not a lone voice.
Incoming Oversight Chair Robert Garcia’s post-election message was two words: “Lawyer up.” His list includes the “Trump Crime Family,” companies that did business with the administration, ICE and DHS operations, and Epstein-related files. Sen. Ron Wyden posted a single word of his own: “Subpoenas.” Sen. Ed Markey said they would need “new forests” for all the subpoenas they planned to print. Oversight Democrats’ account listed targets that included “crony corporations ripping off the American people” and “corrupt Trump admin officials profiting off the presidency.”
Sen. Elissa Slotkin has been more explicit for months. She wants “signature cases” not just against Trump but against “the people who enabled him.” The point, she said at a University of Chicago event, is a “deterrence message” so young graduates think twice before taking jobs in the administration: “Lord, that might be buying myself a ton of problems that I don’t want.” She compared the approach to post-authoritarian cleanups in Europe.
Raskin had already drawn the line earlier. In late October he warned oil companies that any participation in Trump’s Russian diesel deal would be treated as a federal crime, with consequences “whether in this Administration—or the next.” “Proceed at your own risk,” he wrote.
Companies noticed. Reports describe Apple, Microsoft, Palantir and defense firms quietly adding Democratic lobbyists and opening back channels. Law firms that cut deals with the White House—Kirkland & Ellis, Skadden and others that pledged hundreds of millions in free legal work—are already on Democratic lists.
Voters heard a campaign about affordability, gas prices and the Iran war. The day after the results, the people who will run the committees talked about subpoenas, “Trump Crime Family” investigations, and making examples of anyone who worked with the administration. Track the midterms and the coming probes at Whatfinger News’ election pages.
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— The Whatfinger News Team: Luke and Lisa, with Grok on edits
