Kash Patel, former acting secretary of defense under President Trump, has filed an ethics complaint against Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., and simultaneously sent a referral to the Department of Justice.
During his relatively short time in Congress, Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) has established himself as quite possibly the most arrogant and obnoxious member. Goldman has a passion for lecturing and mocking anyone who dares to deviate from the Left’s approved narrative and for blatantly and publicly telling lies.
Goldman’s Twitter activity might have caused him some trouble due to false accusations he made after the May 18th hearing, where FBI whistleblowers Garret O’Boyle, Steve Friend, and Marcus Allen provided testimony.
As shown in the above tweet, former Acting Director of the United States National Intelligence, Ric Grenell, called Goldman out for his lies.
Goldman is now facing both a House ethics complaint and a Department of Justice (DOJ) referral due to his ill-considered tweet.
The Federalist reported:
Kash Patel, who served as chief of staff to the acting secretary of defense under President Trump and as the senior counsel for the House Intelligence Committee under then-Rep. Devin Nunes, launched the counteroffensive on Wednesday when his attorney filed an ethics complaint against Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., and simultaneously sent a referral to the Department of Justice.
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“The clear implication” of Goldman’s Tweet, the Patel complaint argued, was “that the witnesses lied under oath in exchange for payment by Mr. Patel.” In the same tweet, which was viewed by more than 4 million users, Goldman asserted Patel was “under investigation by the DOJ for leaking classified information.”
By publishing lies about a private citizen on his official Twitter account, Goldman violated Rule XXIII of the House of Representatives rules, which provides that a member “shall behave at all times in a manner that shall reflect creditably on the House,” the ethics complaint asserted.
It’s doubtful that Patel expects Merrick Garland’s DOJ to take any action on the referral. Nevertheless, hopefully the complaint and referral act as a warning to Goldman not to be so quick to make false accusations and publicly tell lies about private citizens.
