Adam Schiff: ‘I’m Urging’ Biden to Not Go Down the Road of Giving Out Broad Pardons to the Members of Jan. 6 Committee
‘We feel we have the protection of the speech and debate clause’
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SCHIFF: “Well, I’m urging that you not go down that road. Now, I realize that whether he sets that precedent or not, Donald Trump might very well issue blanket pardons on his way out of the door, so it may be for naught, that is, trying to avoid that precedent. But I wouldn‘t want to be the first to set it. I do understand, we’re back in this conundrum again where a Democratic president can do things for a very good reason, a laudable reason, legitimate reason, in this case that people are being threatened improperly by an incoming president, but then that precedent can be abused. And that’s the same conundrum we have faced during these entire Trump years and we’re facing again.”
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