What is an autopen? Trump calls Biden's pardons 'void' because they were signed by the machine.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

71% : " Barack Obama became the first U.S. president to sign a bill into law with an autopen when he extended the Patriot Act in 2011.
71% : Trump himself has admitted to using an autopen, telling reporters on Sunday that "we may use it, as an example, to send some young person a letter because it's nice."
34% : Trump claimed on Truth Social.
32% : In fact, there are no "necessary Pardoning Documents" as Trump suggests.
31% : Trump did concede on Sunday that the validity of Biden's pardons would be a matter for a court to decide, though the White House has not given any indication that it has filed a legal challenge.
27% : However, Trump claimed that he hasn't used the machine to sign documents of consequence.
25% : Unfortunately for Trump, presidential pardons legally don't need to be signed at all.
24% : Trump had made no secret of his intent to go after those who investigated the attack, previously stating on his social media platform Truth Social that they "should be tried for Fraud and Treason."
19% : On Monday, Trump declared that several pardons Biden had issued were "VOID, VACANT, AND OF NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT, because of the fact that they were done by Autopen" (emphasis original).
18% : " Trump has not offered any evidence supporting these allegations.
8% : "To sign pardons and all of the things that [Biden] signed with an autopen is disgraceful," Trump said, appearing to briefly acknowledge that Biden did in fact sign them.

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