33 Facts About Dan Goldman

Daniel Sachs Goldman was born on February 26,1976 and is an American politician, lawyer, and heir.

Dan Goldman is a member of the US House of Representatives from New York's 10th congressional district.

Dan Goldman's father was a federal prosecutor in Washington, DC, who died when Goldman was a child.

Dan Goldman grew up in a Conservative Jewish family with his younger brother Bill Goldman, who died at age 38 in a plane crash in Sonoma, California, as well as his sister Alice Reiter.

Dan Goldman graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Yale University in 1998 and a Juris Doctor degree with distinction from Stanford Law School in 2005.

From 2007 to 2017, Dan Goldman was an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York under Preet Bharara.

Dan Goldman prosecuted Russian organized crime, Genovese crime family mobsters, including Fotios Geas, who murdered Whitey Bulger while in prison, and a variety of white-collar crime and securities fraud.

In 2017, Dan Goldman was the lead prosecutor of Billy Walters, a sports bettor who was convicted for insider trading.

Dan Goldman was hired as Senior Advisor and Director of Investigations for the House Intelligence Committee in February 2019 and later became the lead counsel for the first impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump.

Dan Goldman questioned witnesses on behalf of the majority during the House Intelligence Committee's public hearings.

On November 16,2021, Dan Goldman announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for attorney general of New York in the 2022 election.

On June 1,2022, Dan Goldman announced his candidacy for United States Congress in New York's 10th district.

Dan Goldman received a backhanded endorsement from Donald Trump, who called him "very compassionate and compromising to those within the Republican Party", which Goldman's campaign rejected as a "pathetic attempt at fooling Democrats".

Dan Goldman raised more than $1.2 million from more than 2,100 individual contributions in the month after he declared his candidacy.

Dan Goldman received the maximum allowable campaign contributions from billionaire real estate developers Douglas Durst and Stephen M Ross.

Dan Goldman's campaign hired a Republican campaign consultant who supported Trump in the 2020 presidential election and called Representative Maxine Waters "retarded" over her support for Trump's impeachment to perform voter outreach to Orthodox Jewish voters in Borough Park, Brooklyn.

Dan Goldman narrowly won the Democratic nomination in the crowded primary, receiving 16,686 votes.

Dan Goldman has introduced seven bills in his first year in Congress: the Early Voting Act, the African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center Act, the Strengthening Medicaid for Serious Mental Illness Act, the Immigration Court Efficiency and Children's Court Act of 2023, the Disarming Cartels Act, the Codifying SAVE Plan Act, and the GRADUATE Act.

Dan Goldman is a member of the Vote Blue Coalition, a progressive group and federal PAC created to support Democrats in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania through voter outreach and mobilization efforts.

Dan Goldman has said he believes abortion is a health-care decision that "should be made between an individual and their doctor".

Dan Goldman drew significant backlash and criticism when he revealed support for abortion restrictions, and said he would not object to a state law barring abortion after a fetus is considered viable.

Dan Goldman clarified in the same interview that his personal views on abortion are secondary to the right of a woman to choose.

Dan Goldman supports increasing the national minimum wage, universal child care, and paid family leave.

Dan Goldman supports promoting business development, and requiring corporations to pay their fair share to "increase opportunity for all Americans".

Dan Goldman was one of the 46 Democrats who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 in the House.

Dan Goldman said in his 2022 campaign that he supports the principles and goals of a Green New Deal to transition to clean energy and has called climate change an "existential threat".

Dan Goldman believes Russia's invasion of Ukraine threatens Ukraine's sovereignty, international order, and democracy globally.

Dan Goldman is in favor of US aid to Ukraine and sanctions on Russia.

Dan Goldman believes healthcare is a fundamental right and supports a public option and private health insurance.

Dan Goldman is one of over 100 cosponsors of Medicare for All.

Dan Goldman opposes expanding the Supreme Court of the United States and said it is "antidemocratic" during a candidate forum.

Dan Goldman expressed support for implementing term limits on Supreme Court Justices in an interview with New York Magazine.

Dan Goldman said he had never marched in an LGBTQ Pride parade until 2022, saying his work as a federal prosecutor prevented him from doing so, in response to a questionnaire from the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club.