""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," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Anyone receiving 'Pardons,' 'Commutations,' or any other Legal Document so signed, please be advised that said Document has been fully and completely terminated, and is of no Legal effect.""
""There is no viable way for the Justice Department to try to revive any impacted criminal charges against pardonees," said Bradley Moss, a Washington, D.C.-based lawyer."
""It is well settled that once there is a pardon, no one - not any president or Congress or the courts - can undo it," said Michael Gerhardt, a University of North Carolina law professor."
President Trump declared that documents signed by an autopen during Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s administration, including pardons and commutations, are null and void. Trump posted that any pardons or legal documents signed by the 'AUTOPEN' have been terminated and lack legal effect. Constitutional law does not require presidents to personally sign pardons, and mechanical signature devices are not prohibited. Legal experts assert there is no constitutional process to overturn pardons and that once a pardon is issued it cannot be undone by a later president, Congress, or the courts, making revival of related criminal charges legally unviable.
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