Were Biden's 'autopen' pardons legal? Trump says question should be 'up to a court' - Washington Examiner

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : When asked aboard Air Force One whether executive orders and pardons signed by Biden via an autopen were legally valid, Trump responded, "I think so.
44% : " However, no president used an autopen to sign legislation until 2011, when former President Barack Obama used one from France to authorize a four-year extension of the Patriot Act, a post-9/11 anti-terrorism law.
43% : In a Truth Social post, Trump said Biden's pardons, including those granted to members of the House Jan. 6 Select Committee such as former Reps. Liz Cheney (R-WY), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), along with former White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci and former Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley, were "VOID" because they were allegedly signed using an autopen, a mechanical device that replicates a signature.
26% : "The 'Pardons' 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," Trump wrote.
24% : Public concerns over Biden's cognitive problems hit a fever pitch after a report from then-Special Counsel Robert Hur suggested his age may have played a role in the mishandling of sensitive records, as did Hur's decision not to charge the then-president despite Trump facing an indictment for mishandling records.
11% : Yet critics of Biden, including Trump, have long maintained he was not cogent at times, which has allowed the pen dilemma to present itself as another opportunity for critics to revisit whether all of Biden's actions were made with absolute intent.

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