Sen. Adam B. Schiff rebuffed President Trump’s claims disputing President Biden’s pardons for the Jan. 6 committee that Schiff sat on, saying its members would not be silenced by Trump’s threats.
Sen. Adam B. Schiff on Monday rebuffed as a baseless threat a weekend broadside from President Trump in which Trump alleged that Schiff and others could still face investigation for actions covered by a slate of late pardons issued by President Biden.
“Your threats will not intimidate us,” the California Democrat wrote on X. “Or silence us.”
Schiff, elected last year to fill the Senate seat long held by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, is among those who received a pardon from Biden in the final days of his presidency, despite having personally discouraged the move.
Schiff previously served in the House, where he helped lead the select committee to investigate the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump’s supporters. The committee’s work led to Trump being impeached by the House — for a second time — for inciting the insurrection, which was an attempt to block the transfer of power to Biden.
Before leaving office, Biden issued a burst of pardons that he said were designed to protect individuals who had done nothing wrong but who could nonetheless be targeted for retribution by Trump. That included the members of the select committee, including Schiff, one of Trump’s most vociferous critics.
