Rep. Jamie Raskin has a lot of practice policing President Trump.

The Maryland Democratic congressman and former constitutional law professor became a central figure in the congressional probe over whether Trump had improperly meddled in a U.S. presidential election. A vocal member of the U.S. House Judiciary and Oversight committees, Raskin was among the earliest congressional Democrats to argue that Trump should be impeached for violating the U.S. Constitution.

Now Raskin has another high-profile watchdog role: a seat on the new committee set up to oversee Trump’s COVID-19 response.

He was among the seven House Democrats named to a new select committee set up by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to monitor the federal response to the pandemic. The panel will hold its first hearing Wednesday afternoon.

“I think that they were drawn to the fact that I bring a constitutional perspective to the whole project and insist upon congressional oversight and executive branch accountability,” Raskin told Maryland Matters this week in an interview. “It also probably helped that I live 20 minutes away from the Capitol.” (Raskin lives in Takoma Park.)

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