Rep. Jamie Raskin Ends Chemotherapy, Doctors 'Optimistic': Report

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin, who was diagnosed with cancer in December, said he has completed chemotherapy and doctors are "extremely optimistic" about his prognosis, according to a Baltimore Sun report.

Raskin, who lives in Bethesda and represents Maryland's 8th Congressional District, was diagnosed with Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma, calling it "a serious but curable form of cancer."

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“I had the last chemo today and got to ring the bell,” the fourth-term congressman told the Sun in an interview, referring to the ceremonial end of cancer treatment.

Raskin was treated at a hospital in Washington, D.C., the Sun reported.

Raskin has played a leading role in recent years as House Democrats twice impeached then-President Donald Trump and investigated Trump's role in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. He was the lead impeachment manager when the House impeached Trump one week after the attack and served on the House committee investigating the siege.

This is the second time Raskin has been diagnosed with cancer, as he previously battled colorectal cancer in 2010.

The diagnosis came almost exactly two years after his 25-year-old son, Tommy, committed suicide on Dec. 31, 2020.

Tommy’s death came just a week before the insurrection, and Raskin had brought his daughter and son-in-law to the Capitol that day. Through tears, Raskin spoke about their ordeal as he argued for Trump’s conviction in the Senate impeachment trial. The two hid under a desk as the violence unfolded, and his daughter later told him she didn’t want to return to the Capitol.

“Of all the terrible, brutal things I saw and I heard on that day and since then, that one hit me the hardest,” Raskin told the Senate jurors, who later acquitted Trump for a second time.