"For months, President Trump has raged over Biden's autopen use and claimed that the former president's pardons should be "VOID, VACANT, AND OF NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT" because they were "done by Autopen." In a statement posted on X, Bondi said, "My team has already initiated a review of the Biden administration's reported use of autopen for pardons." Friction point: Legal scholars previously told Axios that other presidents have used autopen and that Trump's rationale behind his claims was unlikely to succeed in court."
"The report claimed the White House didn't record Biden's approval for some executive actions signed by autopen, includingthe pardons signed in the final days of the Biden White House. It questioned "the validity of all pardons reportedly granted by President Biden throughout his tenure," saying it "deems void" all autopen-signed executive actions without the president's written approval. The letter also urged Bondi to investigate Biden aides accused by Republicans of coordinating a "cover-up" within the White House."
Republican officials requested a review of pardons and executive actions signed with an autopen and urged that autopen-signed pardons be voided. Bondi initiated a review of the reported autopen use for pardons. House Oversight Chair James Comer sent a letter to Bondi and released a committee report alleging a White House cover-up and questioning Biden's health. The report claimed the White House did not record Biden's approval for some autopen-signed actions and deemed such pardons void without the president's written approval. A 2005 Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel opinion said a president may direct a subordinate to affix his signature and need not be present, but cannot delegate the decision to sign. Legal scholars noted past presidents used autopen and said legal challenges are unlikely to succeed in court.
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