Trump Falsely Claims Biden Pardons Are "Void" Due To Autopen Use | Trump Administration - The Union Journal

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

40% : Nonetheless, there remains a significant fear of retaliatory investigations and prosecutions from Trump, especially as his administration has targeted government attorneys involved in his two federal criminal cases and private lawyers with prior connections to Democrats.
39% : " In a post on his social media platform, Trump employed his derogatory nickname for Biden and mentioned members of the House January 6 committee, stating: "The 'Pardons' that Sleepy Joe Biden granted to the Unselect Committee of Political Thugs, among others, are hereby declared VOID, VACANT, AND OF NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT, due to the fact they were executed by Autopen.
25% : Legal precedents indicate that Trump was mistaken in asserting that a president must personally sign any pardon, reprieve, or act of clemency.
23% : On January 20, his final day in office, Biden issued preemptive pardons to his family members and to all members of the House committee that investigated the violent January 6 insurrection at Congress, which Trump instigated in an attempt to reverse his defeat to Biden in the 2020 election.
23% : In his social media post, Trump also stated: "The necessary Pardoning Documents were neither presented to nor approved by Biden.
20% : Additionally, Trump reiterated this claim while on Air Force One on Sunday, telling reporters: "It's not my call - that will be for a court to decide - but I would argue that they are null and void, as I highly doubt Biden was even aware that it was happening, and someone was utilizing an autopen to sign off on the pardons.
19% : On Monday, Donald Trump asserted, without providing any proof, that the pardons issued by Joe Biden were "null, void, and without any further validity" because they were signed using an autopen.
15% : "In simpler terms, Joe Biden did not personally sign them, and more importantly, he was completely unaware of them!" Close associates of Trump have indicated that his own Truth Social posts can be recognized by characteristics such as an excessive use of capital letters.
13% : " This assertion from Trump followed a report released by the Heritage Foundation, a rightwing think tank that supports him, regarding Biden's alleged use of an autopen.
9% : Two Republican critics of Trump, Liz Cheney from Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger from Illinois, served on the committee.

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