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Trump claims Biden's pardons of Jan. 6 committee members are "void, vacant" because they were allegedly signed with an autopen

Mar 17, 2025 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -30% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    65% ReliableAverage

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  • Politician Portrayal

    -53% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : But Barack Obama became the first president to use an autopen for legislation when he directed it to be used to sign an extension of the Patriot Act while in France in May 2011.
25% : Washington -- President Trump claimed late Sunday that preemptive pardons former President Joe Biden granted to members of the House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol are "void" and "vacant" because they were allegedly signed with an autopen.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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