>...Showboating U.S. Representative for California's 28th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Schiff has served in Congress since 2001. He currently serves as the chairman of the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. In a manner reminiscent of Joe McCarthy, on March 22, 2017, in a interview with Chuck Todd on MSNBC Schiff claimed there was “more than circumstantial evidence now” that Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Russia." Todd followed up by asking if he had seen direct evidence of collusion and Schiff responded that there was "evidence that is not circumstantial and is very much worthy of investigation"...>
(D-CA) dismissed the need of getting a preemptive pardon from outgoing President Joe
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, warning that these types of pardons would set a concerning ''precedent.''
Schiff's comments come after Biden granted a sweeping pardon to his son, Hunter Biden, and commuted roughly 1,500 sentences, the most ever offered within a single day. When the incoming senator was asked about why he did not want a preemptive pardon for his role on the Jan. 6 committee, Schiff explained that his preference comes from ''a couple reasons,'' among which he is ''very proud'' of his work on the committee.
''So I think it's unnecessary,'' Schiff said on ABC News's This Week. ''But second, the precedent of giving blanket pardons, preemptive blanket pardons, on the way out of an administration, I think is a precedent we don't want to set.''