US EditionTrump Declares Documents Signed by ‘Autopen’ Under Biden Are Terminated; Threatens Ex-President with ‘Perjury’ Charges
- 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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Kronen Zeitung
US President Donald Trump has announced that most of his predecessor Joe Biden's decrees will be lifted. 92 percent of these decrees have been signed with Autopen, a mechanical signature aid, and not by Biden itself. He, Trump, revokes decrees and all other orders that have not been directly signed by Biden himself, since the people who had served the Autopen have done so illegally, according to the US President in a post on Truth Social. The co…
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
New Hampshire Union Leader
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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