What was most remarkable was not just the content but the cause of the incriminating statement. Rep. Dan Goldman's friendly fire incident produced Dresden-level damage for the Biden defense.

Here is the column:

One of the most basic lessons that we teach law students is that you should "never ask a question you don't know the answer to."

The peril of the poorly crafted question was on display in Wednesday's hearing with two whistleblowers on political interference in the Hunter Biden investigation.

Most Democrats avoided any questions on the substance of the allegations, focusing instead on everything from systemic racism to the use of the term "two-tiered system of justice" and, of course, Donald Trump.

Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) often goes where wiser members fear to tread. On this occasion, Goldman may have delivered one of the most damaging moments for the Democrats.

In the course of just a few minutes, the freshman New York congressman seemed to demolish the defense of President Biden.

Goldman was trying to get the witnesses to say that there is no evidence that President Biden was personally involved in the alleged felonies of his son.