"United States President Donald Trump says he has voided all pardons and commutations that were signed by his predecessor, Joe Biden, with an autopen. Any and all Documents, Proclamations, Executive Orders, Memorandums, or Contracts, signed by Order of the now infamous and unauthorised AUTOPEN,' within the Administration of Joseph R. Biden Jr., are hereby null, void, and of no further force or effect, Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social on Tuesday evening."
"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, he said. However, legal experts say the US president's move is not enforceable. So, what documents did Biden sign with the autopen, who will be affected, and is Trump's move legal?"
Donald Trump announced that he voided pardons and commutations signed by Joe Biden using an autopen, declaring those documents null and void. Legal experts state that the U.S. Constitution provides no basis for a president to revoke a predecessor’s pardons and that such actions would be unenforceable. Biden issued 4,245 acts of clemency across his term, mostly commutations, and 80 individual pardons, with many pardons issued by proclamation affecting entire classes. Proclamations covered former military service members convicted under a repealed ban on gay sex and some federal marijuana offenses. It is unclear which clemency documents used an autopen and who will be affected.
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