Sen. Adam Schiff dismisses Trump assertion that Biden pardons for Jan. 6 committee are 'void'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : "Trump was responsible for Jan 6.
41% : Hours later, Trump -- who edged out Biden as the oldest president ever to be inaugurated in January -- posted his remarks on Truth Social.
35% : " Trump's remarks were the latest indication that he intends to target Democrats for political retribution despite his repeated promises that his administration would bring an end to the political "weaponization" of the justice system.
31% : Trump has lambasted Biden's pardons since they were issued.
26% : "The 'Pardons' that Sleepy Joe Biden gave to the Unselect Committee of Political Thugs, and many others, are hereby declared VOID, VACANT, AND OF NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT, because of the fact that they were done by Autopen," Trump wrote.
25% : Trump has installed loyalists who backed his lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him at the highest levels of the Justice Department, increasing concerns that politically motivated investigations could be launched.
18% : 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.
18% : "In other words, Joe Biden did not sign them but, more importantly, he did not know anything about them!" Trump also repeated claims he has previously made that the select committee deleted evidence in its "witch hunt" against him, and said its members "should fully understand that they are subject to investigation at the highest level.
17% : Sen. Adam B. Schiff on Monday rebuffed as a baseless threat a weekend broadside from President Donald 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 Joe Biden.
12% : 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.

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