Former President Trump declared President Biden’s pardons of January 6th Committee members invalid, citing the use of an autopen for signing the documents. This claim is baseless, as the use of an autopen for signing official documents is legally binding, per Department of Justice guidance. Trump’s assertion ignores the president’s sole authority to issue pardons, and the Constitution provides no mechanism for their reversal. Committee members have publicly dismissed Trump’s pronouncements.
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Trump’s recent claim that President Biden’s pardons are “void” due to the use of an autopen is, frankly, bizarre. It’s a statement that raises more questions than it answers, and highlights the increasingly surreal nature of our current political climate. The sheer audacity of declaring another president’s official actions null and void based on the method of signing is unprecedented.
This assertion seems particularly ironic considering past claims about documents being declassified merely through mental intent. If a president can, in their mind, render something classified or unclassified, why would the use of an autopen, a technology designed to increase efficiency, suddenly invalidate a pardon?… Continue reading
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Matt Underwood