Rep. Jamie Raskin announces he's been diagnosed with cancer - NBC News

Rep. Jamie Raskin, a salient subordinate of the Jan. 6 committee and a erstwhile Trump impeachment manager, announced Wednesday that he's been diagnosed with cancer.

“After respective days of tests, I person been diagnosed with Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma, which is simply a superior but curable signifier of cancer," Raskin, D-Md., said successful a statement, adding that he'll acquisition "a people of chemo-immunotherapy connected an outpatient basis."

Raskin, 60, was elected past week by his chap Democrats to beryllium the ranking member connected the Oversight and Reform Committee erstwhile the caller Congress is sworn successful adjacent week.

“I expect to beryllium capable to enactment done this play but person been cautioned by my doctors to trim unnecessary vulnerability to debar COVID-19, the flu and different viruses," Raskin said. "Prognosis for astir radical successful my concern is fantabulous aft 4 months of treatment."

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., astatine a proceeding investigating the Jan. 6 onslaught connected the U.S. Capitol connected July 12. Demetrius Freeman / The Washington Post via Getty Images file

Several colleagues offered their enactment arsenic Raskin begins treatment.

Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., on Twitter called Raskin "a nationalist treasure—an oasis of ineligible integrity and intellect astatine a clip erstwhile some are desperately needed successful democracy’s defense," adding: "I americium praying for his beardown and swift betterment arsenic helium undergoes crab treatment. America needs you, Jamie."

On Thursday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene — an outspoken professional of Democrats successful wide and the Jan. 6 committee successful peculiar — offered her champion wishes to Raskin.

"We disagree often, but I’ll beryllium praying for Jamie Raskin. Cancer is simply a unspeakable disease. I watched my begetter dice from it, and it broke my heart. It’s bully Rep Raskin has anticipation and his signifier of crab is curable with the attraction helium volition beryllium starting," she tweeted.

Raskin responded, thanking Greene for the "touching message."

"I’m grateful for your interest and precise atrocious to larn that you mislaid your begetter to cancer. Wishing you blessed holidays with loved ones," helium wrote.

Raskin's diagnosis comes astir 2 years to the time aft the decease of his 25-year-old son, Thomas "Tommy" Bloom Raskin, by suicide. An obituary posted online by Raskin and his woman said that their lad had a "perfect heart, a cleanable soul, a riotously outrageous and relentless consciousness of humor" but that helium was “tortured” by a “blindingly achy and merciless ‘disease called depression.’"

Raskin, a erstwhile law instrumentality prof who represents Maryland's 8th Congressional District successful the Washington suburbs, was an impeachment manager successful erstwhile President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial. He was elected to a 4th term successful November, winning 80% of the vote.