Adam Schiff says Joe Biden was wrong for pardoning family preemptively

 January 27, 2025

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) has claimed that former President Joe Biden's decision to issue preemptive pardons to his family members was "wrong."

Schiff, who received a preemptive pardon from Biden himself, said during an interview on Meet the Press, that Biden had previously condemned such preemptive pardons for family members and began speculating about the precedent this action sets.

The lawmaker stated, "He [Biden] was right when he made those remarks. He was wrong to give these pardons. And among other things, what it says now to the Trump family and to President Trump's kids, they can engage in any kind of malfeasance, criminality, craft, whatever, and they can expect a pardon on the way out the door."

This comment from Schiff coincides with comments from Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) who said, "It's harder to stand on the high ground and make a critique of the Trump pardons on January 6th when President Biden is pardoning family members."

While Schiff disagreed with Kaine, it was apparent that Democrats are unhappy with Biden's massive preemptive pardons which really further implicated them in rumored crimes.

Biden's family pardons really cement the sentiment among many Americans that the former president's family has been engaged in corrupt activities for years, and those activities will come to light in the near future, hence the need for clemency to protect its members from serious legal trouble.