US EditionBiden autopen use: What to know as Trump orders investigation into his predecessor
- On June 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed a memorandum ordering an investigation into whether Biden and his aides conspired to mislead the public about Biden's mental state and unauthorized presidential authority.
- This investigation follows reports, notably from the Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project, alleging Biden extensively used an autopen to sign official documents, including controversial last-minute pardons.
- Senate Republicans plan a June hearing to probe claims that Biden’s cognitive decline was concealed and question who controlled presidential decisions during his term amid rising public scrutiny.
- Trump criticized Biden’s use of the autopen as being “disrespectful to our country” and declared that clemency approvals signed this way were invalid, while Biden responded by affirming that he personally authorized all pardons, executive actions, laws, and official declarations, dismissing contrary claims as false.
- Multiple ongoing investigations and renewed media scrutiny suggest sustained controversy over Biden’s fitness to serve and the legitimacy of his document authorizations using the autopen.
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Denver GazetteBiden autopen use: What to know as Trump orders an investigation into his predecessor
As more details emerge on former President Joe Biden‘s mental and physical state while in office, President Donald Trump and his allies have seized on the autopen in their attacks on Trump’s predecessor. Biden, 82, has faced a whirlwind of…
Lurking in the Shadows of the Leaderless Biden White House
On June 18, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the concealment of former President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline. This hearing will start to shed a congressional light on the apparent misuse of the presidential autopen. According to President Donald Trump’s June 4, memorandum, “This conspiracy marks one of the most dangerous and concerning scandals in American history.” The chief speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan, …
Biden autopen use: What to know as Trump orders investigation into his predecessor
As more details emerge on former President Joe Biden‘s mental and physical state while in office, President Donald Trump and his allies have seized on the autopen in their attacks on Trump’s predecessor. Biden, 82, has faced a whirlwind of public scrutiny, with new reporting and books, such as CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Axios reporter Alex Thompson’s Original Sin, suggesting that Biden was not fit to serve a second term — and that his inner circ…
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