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U.S. President Donald Trump said his administration is reviewing the validity of clemency grants issued by former President Joe Biden after questions emerged over whether some documents were signed with an autopen rather than by Biden himself. Trump told reporters on 25 Aug. that “all those pardons” could prove “worthless” if the sign-off method violated legal requirements, calling the recipients “very bad” and “unpatriotic” without naming individuals. He added that officials are “looking at the whole autopen scam,” suggesting any affected pardons might be voided. Federal law permits a president to delegate signature authority to an autopen only when he has approved the content of the document. It was not immediately clear how many of Biden’s pardons are under scrutiny or what criteria the Trump administration will apply in its review. The White House and the Justice Department declined immediate comment.
Trump: It Looks Like Biden's Pardons Are Worthless "I assume we're looking at the whole autopen scandal because the person that ran it said he spoke to him briefly twice about nothing. That means that all those pardons that he gave to some very bad people .... It looks to me as https://t.co/1EeWJBK3HX
President Trump: “I assume that we’re looking at the whole autopen scam… That means that all those pardons that [President Biden] gave to some very bad people, very unpatriotic people, very evil people, it looks to me like those pardons are worthless.” https://t.co/4Ju7WEmJiZ
Trump: “I assume we are looking at the whole autopen scam…All those pardons that he gave to some very bad people, very unpatriotic people, very evil people. It looks to me like those pardons are worthless…The president didn't want this. The president didn't even know he was https://t.co/Yw2Y8noOcU