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BidenrCOs fraudulent pardons
New report shows White House staff's 'routine' use of autopen without
Biden's final approval
Biden administration proclamations, executive orders, pardons and
commutations were mechanically signed using at least three different
versions of President BidenrCOs signature during his four years in office, according to a new analysis.
Biden administration proclamations, executive orders, pardons and
commutations were mechanically signed using at least three different
versions of President BidenrCOs signature during his four years in office, according to a new analysis. more >
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By Kelly Sadler - The Washington Times - Monday, July 14, 2025
OPINION:
On Dec. 12, President Biden granted clemency to about 1,500 people and pardoned 39 convicted of nonviolent crimes, an action the White House described as the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history.
Overall, Mr. Biden granted 4,245 acts of clemency during his four-year
tenure in the White House, rCLfar exceed[ing] the total of any other
president since the beginning of the 20th century,rCY according to the Pew Research Center.
He commuted the sentences of 37 of 40 federal death row inmates and
issued rCLpreemptive pardonsrCY to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the longtime director
of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; retired
Gen. Mark A. Milley, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and
members and staff of the U.S. House committee that investigated the Jan.
6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, including former Rep. Liz Cheney.
(TMSPN)
An autopen, not Mr. BidenrCOs hand, signed the vast majority of those
pardons. The presidentrCOs pardon power is absolute unless there is
evidence that he was unaware or didnrCOt approve the use of the autopen, which, according to a blockbuster report from The New York Times, was
exactly the case.
rCLMr. Biden did not individually approve each name for the categorical pardons that applied to large numbers of people. rCa Rather, after
extensive discussion of different possible criteria, he signed off on
the standards he wanted to be used. rCa Rather than ask Mr. Biden to keep signing revised versions, his staff waited and then ran the final
version through the autopen, which they saw as a routine procedure,rCY The
New York Times reported Monday.
In his post-presidency, Mr. Biden granted an interview with The New York
Times to defend his unprecedented use of the autopen. Yet the article
produces no direct contemporaneous evidence that Mr. Biden authorized
any of his ninth-hour pardons.
Constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley has said that the chances of successfully challenging in court the use of an autopen on presidential pardons are rCLvanishingly lowrCY unless the White House autopen was used without Mr. BidenrCOs consent. This would amount to rCLforgery, obstruction
of justice, fraud or other serious crimes.rCY
autopen pardon
Biden autopen scandal ignites firestorm over cover-up of presidentrCOs
mental fitness
Terry L. Turnipseed argued in the Journal of Technology Law & Policy in
2012 that it is unconstitutional for someone or something to affix the presidentrCOs signature on a legal document without the president being physically present. He cited historical proxy signature laws requiring
the principal and proxy to be together.
According to The TimesrCO reporting, Mr. Biden didnrCOt personally approve individual names to be pardoned; he consented only to the rCLcriteriarCY
used in making these determinations. His staff thought it was rCLroutine procedurerCY to affix his name to final versions of the pardons without
him even personally reviewing them, let alone being physically present.
Mr. TrumprCOs post on Truth Social in March seems especially clairvoyant.
rCLThe rCyPardonsrCO that Sleepy Joe Biden gave to the Unselect Committee of Political Thugs, and many others, are hereby declared VOID, VACANT, AND
OF NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT, because of the fact that they were done
by Autopen,rCY Mr. Trump wrote.
rCLIn other words, Joe Biden did not sign them but, more importantly, he
did not know anything about them! The necessary Pardoning Documents were
not explained to, or approved by, Biden. He knew nothing about them, and
the people that did may have committed a crime,rCY Mr. Trump added.
The president continued in his post: rCLTherefore, those on the Unselect Committee, who destroyed and deleted ALL evidence obtained during their
two year Witch Hunt of me, and many other innocent people, should fully understand that they are subject to investigation at the highest level.
The fact is, they were probably responsible for the Documents that were
signed on their behalf without the knowledge or consent of the Worst
President in the History of our Country, Crooked Joe Biden!rCY
In June, Mr. Trump instructed Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate
Mr. BidenrCOs use of the autopen and to determine whether it was related
to the former presidentrCOs mental decline while in office. House
Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer has also
opened an investigation into Mr. BidenrCOs use of the autopen and a coordinated White House cover-up.
Just last week, Mr. BidenrCOs doctor, Kevin OrCOConnor, pleaded the Fifth to the House committee, citing physician-patient privilege. When asked specifically whether he was told by White House staff to lie about Mr. BidenrCOs health during the Biden presidency, he refused to answer. Mr. ComerrCOs investigation is continuing.
Notably, the only pardon Mr. Biden signed with his own hand during the
last hours of his presidency was that of his disgraced son, Hunter
Biden, in December. Pending further scrutiny, itrCOs likely the only one
that will hold up in court if contested.
rCo Kelly Sadler is the commentary editor at The Washington Times.
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