Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said on Sunday that former President Biden was wrong to pardon members of his family during his final hours in office.

Schiff was asked for his reaction to the pardons for his family after Biden had previously said he was concerned about "what kind of precedent" such pardons would set.

"He was right when he made those remarks. He was wrong to give these pardons. And among other things, what it says now to the Trump family and to President Trump's kids, they can engage in any kind of malfeasance, criminality, craft, whatever, and they can expect a pardon on the way out the door," Schiff said Sunday on "Meet the Press."

"That is not a message you want to send to this family, or really any family occupying the White House," he added.

Schiff was also asked if he agreed with comments made by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va. about Biden's pardons.

"It's harder to stand on the high ground and make a critique of the Trump pardons on January 6th when President Biden is pardoning family members," Kaine said.

Schiff shared a slightly different view compared to Kaine.

"I think it muddies the issue to a degree but there is no comparing even the ill-considered pardon of his own family members with pardoning hundreds and hundreds of people who violently attacked police. They are not the same thing," he said.

"Nevertheless, none of these precedents are good. But the most damaging, most destructive is to pardon people who are using violence against law enforcement in your service. That – I can't imagine a more destructive precedent than that one," he added.