Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., cautioned against President Joe Biden setting a "precedent" by issuing preemptive pardons for himself or others connected to the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
"It would be the wrong precedent to set. I don't want to see each president hereafter on their way out the door giving out a broad category of pardons," Schiff told CNN's Dana Bash on Monday.
When asked about the possibility of more narrowly focused pardons, Schiff stated he was proud of the committee's work.
"Those of us that were on the Jan. 6 committee who [President-elect Donald Trump] has put in the crosshairs, we're all enormously proud of the work that we did," he said. "We stand by it.
"We feel we have the protection of the Speech and Debate Clause. So I — my own feeling is, let's just avoid this kinda broad precedent.
"I'm urging [Biden] not to go down that road," he said.