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Biden Says He Orally Granted End-of-Term Pardons, Later Recorded Using Autopen
UNITED STATES, JUL 15 – Biden defended issuing over 4,000 pardons and commutations using an autopen, rejecting claims his aides acted without his knowledge amid congressional and DOJ probes.
- On Thursday, former President Joe Biden defended the autopen use, asserting `I made every decision` during a phone interview, despite staff signatures on clemency warrants.
- The New York Times reported nearly 4,000 federal convicts received clemency, reflecting the volume requiring Biden to approve categories, which the Times reported he did instead of naming names.
- In reviewed emails, Chief of Staff Jeffrey D. Zients approved autopen use, and staff secretary Stefanie Feldman operated the device after oral signoffs.
- Comer said the Times confirms staff acted without approval, vowed to pursue answers, while Trump called it 'a tremendous scandal'.
- The House Oversight Committee is investigating a potential coverup of Biden’s mental decline, having issued letters to at least eight administration figures, and Jeffrey D. Zients is set to appear this week.
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Commentary: Autopen scandal deepens. Could pardons be invalidated? AlphaNews.org
Share This Story(The Daily Signal) — The so-called autopen scandal appears to be getting worse for former President Joe Biden as more information comes to light. Biden, some of his former staffers, and a handful of thought leaders in the Democratic Party have attempted to triage the message about the inner workings of the previous presidential administration. But tangible evidence is mounting that it was effectively run like a kind of politburo.…
Biden Tells New York Times He Did Not Individually Approve Names of Many Pardoned Via Autopen
by Nick Gilbertson, Breitbart: Former President Joe Biden admitted to the New York Times that he did not individually sign off on each of the pardons issued via his autopen signature to batches of criminals at the end of his term, though he reportedly delineated criteria to staff. In the final months of his term, Biden […]
Biden's Autopens Are a Distraction from the Real Scandal
President Joe Biden’s pardons are scandalous, but perhaps not for the reasons you think.In a New York Times article published Sunday, Biden defended the thousands of pardons and commutations he issued at the end of his tenure, many, if not all, of which were signed with an autopen, a device that replicates someone’s signature. Biden’s interview with the Times comes amid much criticism of Biden’s pardons from President Donald Trump and his allies…
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