Rep. Adam Schiff once proposed legislation to scrutinize presidential pardons of family members, but he and his office are thus far silent on President Joe Biden’s Sunday night pardon of son Hunter Biden.
Schiff, D-Calif., has not commented publicly on the matter, and his office has not responded to phone and email inquiries from The Daily Signal about the Biden pardon. Schiff is California’s new Democratic senator-elect whose current House term expires Jan. 3.
In an April 19, 2018, post on X—then known as Twitter—Schiff wrote: “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.”
He also touted the bill in a CNN interview.
