Schiff, Warner launch preemptive strike on Trump pardons
Source: Politico
By AUSTIN WRIGHT 07/21/2017 08:58 AM EDT
The top Democrats on the congressional panels investigating Russia’s election meddling are warning President Donald Trump not to attempt to pardon his campaign aides whose alleged ties to Moscow are now under investigation.
The statements by Rep. Adam Schiff of California and Mark Warner of Virginia follow reports, including in The Washington Post, that Trump’s legal team is exploring the possibility of pardons. Schiff called the reports “disturbing” and said it was something the president “should rule out categorically.” Warner said pardoning individuals “at this early stage in these ongoing investigations” would be “crossing a fundamental line.”
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Schiff, in his statement, defended special counsel Robert Mueller, who is overseeing the FBI’s investigation into the issue. In an interview with The New York Times earlier this week, Trump indicated it would be a breach of Mueller's mandate to investigate the Trump family's finances. A day later, Bloomberg reported Mueller was expanding his probe to do just that.
"There is no doubt that Mueller has the authority to investigate anything that arises from his investigation into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia, including financial links,” Schiff said Friday. “Indeed, this is a very important part of Mueller's responsibility given that any financial impropriety between Russia and the Trump organization, such as money laundering, could represent just the kind of 'kompromat' that Russia could utilize to influence administration policy.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/21/trump-pardons-robert-muller-probe-adam-schiff-mark-warner-240795
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correctly functioning moral compass... they don't.
If they did they would've already acted on quite a few big things they haven't... for instance Russia hacking, manipulating and interfering in our election. 
