If the the president's pardoning power 'is abused to cover up crimes' Congress will know about it under the proposed bill.
Representative Adam Schiff, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, has introduced a bill aimed at ensuring that President Donald Trump does not use his pardoning powers to obstruct justice.
The move comes after Michael Cohen's lawyer confirmed that his client's former attorney had sounded out Trump's legal team about the possibility of a pardon, which had been"dangled" before his client. "I just introduced legislation to ensure that if the pardon power is abused to cover up crimes involving any President, his/her family or associates, Congress finds out," Schiff tweeted.
that House and Senate committee lawmakers are investigating talks Cohen had about a pardon, which they believe could show the president attempted to use his pardoning power to obstruct justice and dissuade witnesses from testifying.
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