US EditionTrump takes aim at Biden pardons with new autopen directive
Trump declared all autopen-signed pardons and executive orders under Biden invalid, claiming about 92% of such orders were affected, a move challenged by legal experts.
- On Tuesday, Trump announced he is terminating autopen‑signed documents from Biden's administration, stating, `Any and all Documents, Proclamations, Executive Orders, Memorandums, or Contracts, signed by Order of the now infamous and unauthorized 'AUTOPEN,' within the Administration of Joseph R. Biden Jr., are hereby null, void, and of no further force or effect`.
- On Friday, Trump wrote that about 92% of Biden's executive orders used an autopen device, which presidents of both parties commonly employ for routine or ceremonial signatures.
- Legal analysts disputed Trump's claims, with Barbara McQuade saying autopen signatures are valid and the signing method is irrelevant; Biden and his former aides rejected disengagement claims, and it is not known whether Biden used an autopen device.
- Recipients were warned their documents are terminated, and pardons for family members of Biden and commutations for nonviolent drug offenders could be affected by Trump’s proclamation.
- Institutionally, cancelling predecessors' orders is unusual and the proclamation would upend years of routine executive practice by retroactively voiding Biden's actions amid claims questioning Biden's mental fitness and aides' roles.
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Donald Trump has declared the pardons of his predecessor Joe Biden invalid. Legal experts stressed that this is not possible. On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump declared all pardons signed by his predecessor Joe Biden with a so-called signing machine invalid. However, legal experts immediately expressed considerable doubts about the legality of the move. Trump wrote on his online platform Truth Social that the documents thus signed are now in…
He explains it with the signing machine, in which many US presidents have already used it. Donald Trump has declared all the pardons that his predecessor Joe Biden has pronounced ineffective.
President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that all commutations, pardons and other official documents signed by means of a self-penning during the administration of former Democratic President Joe Biden would be officially annulled. "Any and all Document, Proclamation, Executive Order, Memorandum or Contract signed by order of the now infamous and unauthorized ‘AUTOPEN’, within the Administration of Joseph R. Biden Jr., is hereby nullified, in…
Donald Trump vows to cancel all documents signed by Joe Biden over ‘unauthorised’ autopen use
President Donald Trump has vowed to terminate all documents, including pardons, signed by predecessor Joe Biden over his "unauthorised" use of autopen. An autopen is a device used to replicate a human signature, being programmed to imitate the exact style of a person's autograph while holding a physical pen.Mr Trump has frequently blasted his predecessor over his use of the device to sign off on official documents.The President has also labelled…
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