Dem Rep. Goldman: ‘Russia Is Trying to Once Again Meddle in Our Election ... It’s Trying To Do So to Support Donald Trump’

Wallace: “Congressman, let me first ask you for your reaction to what was charged yesterday by DoJ.”

Goldman: “Well, look, it is the continuation of what we saw in 2016 and what Russia tried to do in 2020. And now it’s confirmation that Russia is trying to once again meddle in our election, our presidential election, and that it’s clear it’s trying to do so to support Donald Trump. Who is — should also be included in the category of, at minimum, a useful idiot for Vladimir Putin. But what is, I think a little bit more disquieting to me at least, as someone who sits on this so-called Weaponization of the Federal Government subcommittee in Congress under Jim Jordan’s chairmanship, is that they have spent this entire Congress attacking the government for trying to stop malign influencers like Russia and using euphemisms like censorship and efforts to interfere in the First Amendment. Also, that they could pave the way for Russia to do exactly what it has now been charged with doing and sanctioned for doing. And so, I’m — I’m not making any allegations that they knew about any of this, but I certainly have been banging the drum that the point of this subcommittee was to chill the government from having any interactions with social media companies in order to stop election interference, and now we see exactly what we’re talking about when we talk about election interference.”