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Adam Schiff's Response to Preemptive Pardon May Shock You

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Earlier on Monday, now former President Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons for Mark Milley, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and members of the January 6 Select Committee. There had been rumors that such pardons were at least being considered, though one of those J6 members, now-Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA), has something of a curious reaction.

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During President Donald Trump's first term, Schiff spoke out considerably about pardons, including after the 2020 election, not long before Trump was on his way out. 

Such a post about Trump "has repeatedly abused the pardon power to reward friends and protect those who covered up for him" is particularly rich, given that Biden pardoned his family members just moments before Trump was inaugurated for his second term.

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Footage circulated on Monday of Schiff warning about pardons for members of his own party. 

"To people of their own party or of their own administration, that I think would tend to encourage people to feel they're not beholden to the law because the outgoing president will give them a prospective pardon," Schiff mentioned. "So I think it's unwise policy. And I would urge the president not to go down that road."

Even when the preemptive pardons for Schiff and others were just a rumor, Schiff spoke out against it. It turns out he's still saying he feels that way.

As Schiff told CNN's Manu Raju on Monday, he sees the pardons as "not necessary."

"I continue to think they were not necessary," he told Raju. He, like Biden himself said as president-elect in December 2020, said he was concerned about precedent, but then claimed, "I understand why the president did it."

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There's also a mention of how Schiff did not talk to Biden about the pardon in advance, and that he was surprised by it. 

We'll see what kind of an effect this has on Schiff and other members of what Trump has referred to as the unselect committee. 

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