Dems reportedly want to put big Russiagate promoter on Trump firing panel

According to Punchbowl News, House Democrats are considering placing a prominent promoter of the discredited Russiagate narrative on the panel that will investigate the failed assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

Democratic representative from New York DanGoldman He is reportedly a “strong contender” for a spot on the congressional task force that will investigate on July 13. shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, which nearly took Trump's life, seconds in Punchbowl News. Goldman served as senior adviser during Trump's first impeachment before being elected to Congress in the 2022 election cycle; for years, he pushed the false narrative that Trump is effectively a Russian cat and has been an outspoken critic of the former president, consistently painting Trump as a threat to democracy.

Goldman claimed in 2021 that “the Trump administration withheld evidence that conclusively proves collusion” and this “There is no longer any doubt about collusion” between Trump and Russia, after that affirming in 2020 that “not only was there evidence of collusion but there was, in fact, collusion.” The Durham Reportthat investigated the origins of the Trump-Russia collusion investigation, concluded that the FBI “failed to fulfill its mission of strict fidelity to the law” in its investigation into the alleged collusion between Trump and Russia and that investigators used “uncorroborated intelligence.” for launching the investigation despite being aware of information suggesting the collusion narrative may have originated within the Hillary Clinton campaign.

DAN GOLDMAN: Trump is 'paving the way to become a Vladimir Putin, to become an Adolf Hitler or a Kim Jong Un' pic.twitter.com/ApulIxDhFm

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) May 23, 2024

Additionally, Goldman has also deployed strong and negative rhetoric about Trump in the recent past.

“It is unquestionable at this point that this man cannot see public office again. Not only is he unfit, but he is destructive to our democracy, and he must be, he must be removed,” Goldman. said on air during a November 2023 appearance on MSNBC by former White House press secretary Jen Psaki. He later retracted his statements, apologizing for using “a bad choice of words”.

Goldman has echoed a similar message about the alleged threat to American democracy that Trump has also raised recently.

“Donald Trump remains the greatest threat to our democracy,” Goldman wrote in a June 24 message. publication at X, just weeks before a gunman nearly killed Trump on national television. “Look no further than Project 2025, which is the plan of Trump and his allies to get us to fascism,” he continued, referring to a more than 900-page document produced by conservative think tanks that Trump he has distanced himself.

The bipartisan congress work group which will investigate the attempted assassination of Trump will have 13 members, seven of whom will be Republicans and the remaining six will be Democrats. According to Punchbowl News, other Democrats being considered for a spot on the panel include Maryland Rep. Glenn Ivey, New York Rep. Grace Meng and Colorado Rep. Jason Crow, among others.

The offices of Goldman and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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