Former Jan. 6 committee chair Bennie Thompson says he'd accept White House pardon

Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi says if President Biden offered him a preemptive pardon for his role in leading the investigation into then-President Donald Trump's role in the 2021 Capitol riot, he'd accept it. 

Thompson, who was the chair of the House select committee investigating Jan. 6, embraced the idea of a pardon in an interview with CBS News, saying Tuesday, "I'm from a part of the country where speaking your opinion used to cost you your life."

"When I hear someone about to be sworn into the presidency of the United States say he wants to lock you up for doing your job, I believe it," he said of Trump, now the president-elect.