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Mississippi Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson said that he would accept a preemptive pardon from President Joe Biden to protect members of the January 6 House Select Committee from potential political retribution.<\/p>\n

Thompson, who chaired the eight-member Democrat-influenced committee investigating President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s role in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riots, insisted that neither he nor the other committee members had done anything improper.<\/p>\n

In light of Trump\u2019s recent remarks suggesting that committee members belong behind bars, CNN\u2019s Jim Acosta asked Thompson if he would accept a pardon.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump is saying you should go to jail,\u201d Acosta said. \u201cAre you worried about him or the FBI coming after you?\u201d<\/p>\n

Well, you know, we are members of Congress. We operate based on our direction from Congress. There are specific laws that give security to members of Congress. I hope the president would take that into consideration. But to be honest with you, Jim, we\u2019ve not done anything wrong,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n

Acosta indicated that the Biden administration was discussing potentially issuing broad pardons for individuals that Trump might seek to target, though the president-elect has repeatedly said he\u2019s not interested in doing that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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