Adam Schiff may need a time machine to take this one back. The Democrat Rep. is about to eat crow over his 2018 legislation targeting President Donald Trump regarding possible pardons he could’ve done at the time. Now that President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter, people want to know where Adam Schiff stands now.
Charlie Kirk said on X: “In 2018, Adam Schiff introduced a bill to keep Trump from abusing pardon powers for his family: “If the President grants a pardon in a case involving himself or his family, the American people must understand whether it serves as an effort to obstruct justice. This bill would make that possible and serve as a powerful deterrent.” Where’s Adam Schiff now?”
Adam Schiff posted this on his own X account on April 19, 2018: “If the President issues a pardon in a case in which he or his family are implicated, the American people need to know whether it is part of an attempt to obstruct justice. This bill would make that possible and serve as a powerful deterrent.”
A quick search on MSN reveals a page on Democrat Adam Schiff’s .gov webpage that talks about exactly this. It’s dated April 18, 2018 and the page is titled: “Rep. Schiff Introduces Legislation to Prevent Abuse of Presidential Pardons.” It starts off with this… and the video is below the quote:
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) introduced the Abuse of the Pardon Prevention Act, legislation to prevent this President or any other from abusing the pardon power for their own personal benefit or to obstruct justice. The legislation would require that if the President pardons someone in connection with an investigation in which the President or one of his family members is a target, subject, or witness, the evidence against recipient of the pardon would be provided by the Department of Justice to Congress.
“President Trump already has signaled that he is willing to use his constitutional powers in order to protect those who remain loyal to him, even if they are convicted of obstruction or perjury,” said Rep. Schiff. “By pardoning Scooter Libby last week, Trump has sent a clear and unmistakable message to potential witnesses against him or members of his family that: ‘if you have my back, I’ll have yours.’
At a time of constitutional peril, it is incumbent on the Congress to stand up for the rule of law by creating a strong disincentive to the President issuing pardons to protect himself and obstruct ongoing investigations.”
