Flashback - Rep. Schiff on His Legislation to ‘Prevent Abuse of Presidential Pardons’: We Want Investigative Files Be Turned Over to the Congress

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LEMON: “Yeah. So the president's pardon of Scooter Libby, congressman, has inspired you to propose new legislation. What exactly will it do?”
SCHIFF: “What it will do is say that in the event the president pardons anyone in an investigation in which the president is a witness, a subject or the target, those investigative files will all be turned over to the Congress. The Congress ought to know whether the president is using the pardon power to obstruct justice. The American people have a right to know. I think it is clearly constitutional. It doesn't prohibit him from granting a pardon, even a pardon he shouldn't grant, but it does say that we will be able to at least find out whether the president is using this power to shield himself from liability.”
LEMON: “It offers transparency at the very least.”
SCHIFF: “Absolutely.”