{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://goldman.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-dan-goldman-works-protect-rule-law-presidential-abuses-power", "Congressman Dan Goldman Works to Protect the Rule of Law From Presidential Abuses of Power", "2024-10-30", "2024", "2024-10", "Democrat", "House", "NY", "Daniel S. Goldman", "G000599", "goldman.house.gov", "goldman", "https://goldman.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, DC \u2013 Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) joined Congressman Adam Schiff (CA-30) in introducing the \u2018Investigative Integrity Protection Act,\u2019 which would prevent a sitting president from dismissing an active criminal prosecution against him or herself, including through coercion of an attorney general by the president or anyone acting on the president\u2019s behalf.\n\n\u201cThe Rule of Law dictates that no person should be the judge and jury of his own case, yet Donald Trump has promised to throw out the federal criminal cases against him if he becomes President,\u201d Congressman Dan Goldman said. \u201cTrump used the power of his office in many ways during his first term, so it is imperative that we codify the guardrails necessary to protect our nation from descending into dictatorship.\u201d\n\nRequire the Attorney General to submit a sworn statement confirming whether the President or anyone acting at the President\u2019s direction ordered the dismissal.\n\nRequire any requests to dismiss such prosecutions to be heard by a three-judge court.\n\nOnly allow the court to grant a dismissal after having considered a number of factors, including whether the Attorney General was appointed with the intent of dismissing any criminal prosecution against the President;\n\nAllow the court to impose sanctions if a motion to dismiss is made without good cause; and\n\nRequire the DOJ Inspector General to immediately report to Congress any findings concluding that a motion to dismiss was brought at the President\u2019s direction.\n\nCongressman Goldman remains committed to protecting American democracy from those who wish to undermine and destroy it.\n\nUpon becoming a member of Congress, Congressman Goldman was chosen to sit on the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, where he serves as a bulwark against Republican overreach and politicized investigations designed to undermine President Biden and Democrats.\n\nAs his first bill in Congress, Goldman introduced the \u2018Early Voting Act,\u2019 which would require at least a 14-day window of in-person early voting for federal elections across the country. The bill would also require that election officials maximize polling place accessibility and would take steps to address unacceptably long wait-times for voters in line to cast their ballots and for election results by mandating that election officials start processing and scanning ballots at least 14 days prior to Election Day.\n\nIn February 2024, the Congressman cosponsored the \u2018Preventing Private Paramilitary Activity Act\u2019 to protect citizens the from intimidation and mass mobilizations of paramilitary groups. This legislation would federally prohibit those in private paramilitary organizations from conducting activity with firearms.\n\nCongressman Dan Goldman is a member of the House Task Force for Strengthening Democracy and served as Lead Counsel in the first impeachment of former President Donald Trump.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:57:20Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://goldman.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-dan-goldman-works-protect-rule-law-presidential-abuses-power"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.593535766005516, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}