FBI Whistleblower Blasts Democrat After Disgusting Attack - 'My Integrity Is Never For Sale'

Representative Daniel Goldman (D-NY), a man whom one reporter described as "bragging to reporters about sabotaging GOP investigations of the Bidens", attempted to discredit several witnesses brought in by the GOP on Thursday. His plan, however, probably did not go as intended. 

Mr. Goldman attacked the witnesses both in the House and on social media. The line that Representative Goldman took against witnesses who outed the FBI's misdeeds and retaliation was to accuse them of being stooges of Trump. 

On social media, Mr. Goldman wrote, "Kash Patel is a political hack for Donald Trump, under investigation by the DOJ for leaking classified information. Today’s @Weaponization's witnesses were bought and paid for by Patel. This committee is simply an arm of Trump’s criminal defense team."

Kash Patel is a political hack for Donald Trump, under investigation by the DOJ for leaking classified information.

Today’s @Weaponization's witnesses were bought and paid for by Patel.

This committee is simply an arm of Trump’s criminal defense team. pic.twitter.com/nwnhVvtIJl

— Rep. Dan Goldman (@RepDanGoldman) May 18, 2023

This was a line of attack that the New York Democrat used against many of the FBI whistleblowers as a means of trying to discredit them. During the hearing itself, the witnesses recalled that Kash Patel, Trump's former Chief of Staff to the acting United States Secretary of Defense, was not present when the whistleblower met with Republican House members and that no witness observed Kash Patel speaking to Republican committee members on their behalf. Nor during that exchange was it established that Patel was fronting money for their legal team. 

When Mr. Goldman turned to Steven Friend, one of the aforementioned FBI whistleblowers, and asked if Mr. Friend "received any money from Kash Patel", Mr. Friend answered, "Yes, he gave me a donation last November." Goldman inquired into that matter and asked, "Are you are charitable organization?" Friend responded, "I was an unpaid indefinitely suspended man trying to feed his family and he reached out to me and said he wanted to give me a donation."

This testimony established that Friend only received cash from Mr. Patel after he became a whistleblower since the retaliation against him occurred in response to his dissent from the organization. Hence the witnesses' testimony about FBI wrongdoing was not "bought and paid for" since they already dissented from the bureau prior to any payment and it was only the cruel circumstances post-retaliation that left them needing financial assistance.

— Steve Friend (@RealStevefriend) May 19, 2023

Here's what Goldman originally said to him.https://t.co/61p7dRlhuo

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) May 16, 2023

Omfg @Julio_Rosas11 just flamed Rep. @danielsgoldman after he questioned his credentials as a witness on left-wing violence: "It's funny to be lectured by an heir to the Levi Strauss Corporation and that's probably why he doesn't consider property damage as a big of a deal… pic.twitter.com/2AlQ1KFLCu

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) May 16, 2023