Adam Schiff's Past Comments on Pardons Come Back to Haunt Him

Back in 2018, when President-elect Donald Trump was in office for his first term, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) appeared on CNN to speak with Don Lemon and take issue with the president's pardon of Scooter Libby on April 13, 2018. Libby was convicted in 2007 for lying to the FBI and obstruction of justice to do with the Valerie Plame scandal. Schiff's comments have since resurfaced in light of President Joe Biden announcing on Sunday that he was pardoning his son, Hunter Biden.  

Speaking about legislation he had introduced in response to such a pardon, Schiff explained to Lemon that "what it would do is say that in the event the president pardons anyone in an investigation which the president is a witness, a subject or the target, those investigative files will all be turned over to the Congress."

What Schiff said next is even further relevant to today's current events. "The Congress ought to know whether the president is using the pardon power to obstruct justice. The American people have a right to know."