The autopen affair is an incredible scandal.
As we reported, many of Joe Biden’s signatures on documents — including on things like pardons — were allegedly signed by an autopen. The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project did a deep dive into Biden signatures and said most of what they saw was done by autopen. That raised many questions: had he even approved them, and were they valid?
Then an updated story came out with a NY Post report where an unnamed aide was suspected of using the autopen without it being clear if Biden had approved. What was worse was the source that told the post that said there was an internal culture of not questioning so no one was able to really ask.
That of course added to the questions about who was running things. Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has called for an investigation into this to determine what was going on and if Biden was actually approving the things he signed. Bailey and the DOJ need to get the answers as to who was behind the autopen, what was signed with it, and what the approval process was.
Report: The Plot Thickens on the Scandal Over Who May Have Been Using Biden’s Autopen
On Sunday Trump posted a savagely funny reaction to the scandal on Truth Social.
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 16, 2025
Now, that’s just epic, he has a wicked sense of humor. He posted his “45” and “47” official photos. Then in the middle was the autopen. But that’s right on target.
On Friday, Trump commented on what a problem the autopen under Biden created, terming it a “big deal.” He said it was disrespectful to the office and raised questions about the validity of the actions that were signed.
🚨TRUMP CALLS OUT BIDEN AUTOPEN SCANDAL — WERE HIS FINAL ACTIONS NULL & VOID? “You don’t use autopen. Number one, it’s disrespectful to the office. Number two, maybe it’s not even valid because you know who’s getting him to sign!”
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) Mar 13, 2025
The Trump team released a statement saying they don’t do what Biden did.
“We do not use the autopen for documents that exercise the powers of the Presidency. So, for example, we do not use the autopen for executive orders, presidential memoranda, decision memoranda, nominations, appointment orders or commissions, or bills to be signed,” he wrote.
That’s the way it should be done. It should only be used for things that don’t involve such powers, maybe general correspondence or copies of things.
It was Barack Obama who started down the bad road of signing legislation with it. But at least that doesn’t appear to have been as broad-based as the Biden actions, and from what I can tell, the ones written about by media were done with his clear approval. Once you start down that bad road and you have people like the ones in the Biden administration, what is the real protection here? We’re already talking about an administration and a party who weren’t honest about his cognitive condition.
