Trump's Justice Department examining pardons issued by Biden
- A senior official appointed during the Trump administration instructed the Justice Department's pardon attorney, Ed Martin, to examine clemency decisions made by President Biden in late 2024.
- The probe targets clemency granted to five Biden family members and the commutations of death sentences for 37 federal inmates.
- Questions emerged about Biden's competence and possible use of an autopen for signing pardons, amid broader scrutiny of his mental acuity and recent cancer diagnosis.
- Martin stated the investigation seeks to determine whether Biden was competent and if others exploited him via an autopen or other means, while Biden aides deny incapacity.
- The inquiry may amplify doubts about Biden's health but faces constitutional limits as presidential pardon power is plenary and autopen use has prior precedent.
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Trump orders investigation in Biden while House Republicans request interviews for their own probe
By MATT BROWN and CHRIS MEGERIAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered his administration to investigate former President Joe Biden’s use of an autopen to sign pardons and other documents, increasing the pressure on his predecessor as House Republicans also requested interviews with members of Biden’s inner circle. An autopen is a mechanical device that is used to replicate a person’s authentic signature…
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Trump Announces Investigation Into "Null And Void" Biden Era Pardons - The American Tribune.com
In yet more good news for those who want to see the villains of the Biden years held accountable, and potentially very bad news for the people he pardoned in last-minute pardons that appear to have been signed by autopen, President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice has announced that it is investigating those autopen pardons. As background, the investigation comes in the context of a revelation from the Heritage Foundation that, with the exce…
Biden’s Autopen Tells All!
By Al Perrotta via The Daily Signal | June 01, 2025 First came the shocking discovery courtesy of the Oversight Project that nearly every single document put out under President Joe Biden’s signature had been signed by an autopen. Now comes confirmation that Biden was mentally incapacitated his entire term. Both leave unanswered, “Who was really president? Who operated the autopen?” We decided to go straight to the source. We tracked Biden’s aut…
DOJ Investigating Biden’s Final Pardons Over Autopen Use, Questions of Competence
from Your News: Justice Department probe targets clemency for Biden family and death row inmates amid scrutiny over presidential signature device By yourNEWS Media Newsroom WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is investigating a series of controversial pardons issued by former President Joe Biden in the final weeks of his presidency, including clemency granted to several […]
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