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Senator-elect Adam Schiff is back in the spotlight this week after President Joe Biden went back on his word and pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, over remarks the California Democrat made about such pardons.

The president issued the pardon late Sunday, which included any and all criminal activities his son allegedly engaged in dating back to 2014. The pardon came after House Republicans said they discovered evidence Hunter Biden and his president father engaged in legally questionable activities dating back to their mutual involvement in Ukraine during the Obama administration.

In a 2018 interview with then-CNN host Don Lemon, Schiff said he was set to propose a bill that would require investigative files to be turned over to Congress if a president pardons anyone who is currently a subject of a congressional inquiry.

“Yeah. So [then-President Donald Trump’s] pardon of Scooter Libby, congressman, has inspired you to propose new legislation. What exactly will it do?”

“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,” Schiff responded. ‘

“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,” Schiff continued.

“I think it is clearly constitutional. It doesn’t prevent 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.”

“It offers transparency at the very least,” Lemon said.

“Absolutely,” Schiff noted.

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Democrats were notably silent on Monday, a day after Biden issued a “full and unconditional” pardon for his son, covering the past 11 years. The pardon nullifies a felony conviction on gun charges and spares Hunter Biden from a sentencing hearing later this month, which could have resulted in prison time.

It also includes a pardon for a felony tax evasion case, both of which were prosecuted by special counsel David Weiss.

On Sunday, Trump criticized the pardon, describing it as an “injustice.” He promised to use pardons to defend his own family if they face politically motivated prosecution. Mainstream media analysts, including Elie Honig at CNN, largely agreed with his sentiment.

“Without question, there has long been a fair debate on both sides whether Hunter Biden is being treated overly leniently or overzealously because of his status as Joe Biden’s son. I think there are points to both sides of that. But I think that what’s not disputable is this is a historic act of political nepotism,” Honig said on Monday.

Following the pardon, which Biden and White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre repeatedly stated for a year would not occur, KJP confronted the media for the first time on Monday. She was asked by a reporter if the American people “could be seen as lies” by those earlier remarks.

“You have said repeatedly, yourself, since the election, and the president has said for months, no pardon was coming. I just — you know, I wanted to ask you, could those statements not be seen as lies from the American people? Is there really a credibility issue you’re giving now this announcement?” a reporter asked.

“No, no. First of all, one of the things that the president always believes is to be truthful to the American people,” Jean-Pierre began, immediately getting defensive.

“That is something that he always truly believes. And if you see the end of his — I — I assume that you’ve read his statement and you look at the end of that statement, and he actually says that in the first line in the last paragraph, and — and respects the thinking and how the American people will actually see this and his decision-making, and I would encourage everyone to read it full, the president’s statement. I think he lays out his thought process,” Jean-Pierre added.

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