Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), a longtime House Democrat and advocate of justice, received campaign donations from a former member of a domestic terrorist group in the months following the Jan. 6 riots.
Nadler received $1,000 from Susan Rosenberg in July 2021, according to campaign finance records uncovered by the Washington Free Bacon. Nadler has been one of the most outspoken Democrats against right-wing extremism following Jan. 6, 2021.
Rosenberg was a member of the May 19th Communist Organization and was affiliated with other revolutionary organizations. In 1988, she was sentenced to 58 years in prison for possessing hundreds of pounds of explosives and machine guns, according to the FBI, with the intent to use them in politically motivated bombings. She was later pardoned by then-President Bill Clinton in 2001, with the support of Nadler.
In July 2021, Nadler was the House Judiciary Committee chairman, and weeks before Rosenberg’s donation to him, he decried the “terrorists” who “planned” and carried out the riots at the Capitol. Rosenberg has also reportedly given small donations to progressive “Squad” House Democrats.
In the weeks after the Capitol attack, Nadler advocated prosecuting all those involved, writing to then-acting Attorney General Monty Wilkinson that it was “critical that all of the perpetrators of this insurrectionist attack be identified, investigated, arrested, charged and subsequently prosecuted.”
Nadler is expected to cruise to reelection this November, representing New York’s 12th Congressional District.
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The Supreme Court is set to rule on a case that could decide the fate of those involved in the Jan. 6 insurrection. It will determine how much an obstruction law can be used to prosecute hundreds of people involved with the Jan. 6 riots and attack on the Capitol. The case could also affect former President Donald Trump since he has been charged with two counts under the same obstruction statute.
The Washington Examiner reached out to Nadler’s office for comment but did not hear back at the time of publication.
