US EditionEmails Show Questions Raised Over Use of Autopen in White House Clemency Process
- Concerns arose within the Biden administration regarding the clemency process, with emails revealing that President Joe Biden may not have reviewed many pardons before they were issued.
- Emails indicate that Biden's signature on clemency documents was generated by an autopen, leading to questions about his involvement in the decisions.
- Internal memos showed that many believed Biden was not sufficiently informed about his clemency actions, which led to fears about the legality of his auto-signed pardons.
- There were questions regarding the inclusion of certain violent offenders in the clemency grants, which some officials voiced concern over in communication exchanges.
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Biden’s team wanted him to sign pardons by hand, not autopen
Former President Joe Biden’s senior staff initially recommended that he personally approve and sign by hand presidential clemency actions, but near the end of his term, Biden broke from that guidance, according to documents reportedly unearthed by a Trump White…
National Archives has bad news for some of the crooks who received clemency in Biden's name
President Donald Trump declared on March 17 that "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.""In other words, Joe Biden did not sign them but, more importantly, he did not know anything about them!" the president continued. "The necessary Pardoning Documents were not…
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