US EditionTrump Declares Documents Signed by ‘Autopen’ Under Biden Are Terminated; Threatens Ex-President with ‘Perjury’ Charges
Trump declared 92% of Biden's signatures invalid due to alleged unauthorized autopen use and threatened perjury charges against Biden for denying involvement.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that any document signed by former President Joe Biden with the autopen, about 92%, is terminated and void.
- Amid GOP concerns about Biden's age, House Republicans argued his alleged cognitive decline led aides to rely on the autopen, prompting investigations by the House Oversight Committee and Chairman James Comer .
- The Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel found autopen use can be lawful, noting historical autopen usage and that courts have not invalidated such signatures, while former President Barack Obama and President Donald Trump also used autopens.
- Trump also threatened to charge Biden with perjury if he claims autopen authorization, and the move could void pardons and executive actions, prompting immediate legal fights involving federal agencies.
- The declaration fits a broader pattern as legal experts and commentators dismissed it as constitutionally dubious, predicting court battles that would almost certainly reach the Supreme Court.
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Trump claims he’s ‘canceling’ Biden autopen-signed orders, pushing legal and politica
Trump says he is voiding Biden-era directives signed by autopen, alleging aides acted without authorization and reviving claims about Biden’s acuity. Past Justice Department opinions uphold autopen use if approved
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The Daily ItemTrump announces plan to terminate Biden’s autopen directives
President Donald Trump said he is terminating every document former President Joe Biden signed with an autopen in his latest move to eradicate his predecessor’s legacy.
On his Truth Social platform, the US president said that "any document signed by Joe sleeps him with the machine to sign" was "by now cancelled" and had "no more strength or effect".
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Trump social media post claims to void Biden orders
President Donald Trump speaks during an executive order signing in the Oval Office on Feb. 11, 2025. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)President Donald Trump said Friday he will try to reverse any law, pardon or still-in-effect executive order that former President Joe Biden signed with an autopen, though it wasn’t immediately clear how that would work or whether it would be legal. Trump declared in a social media post that any documents Bid…
Trump Issues Bonkers Threat to Charge Biden Over Autopen
President Donald Trump has warned Joe Biden that he could charge him with perjury over his use of the autopen while he was in the Oval Office. The president claimed in a social media post on Friday that he is canceling all executive orders that weren’t directly signed by “Crooked Joe Biden.” Trump has long needled Biden for his 2020 victory. Alex Wong/Getty Images Trump insisted his predecessor was robbed of his presidency by “Radical Left Lunat…
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