Biden Defends Autpen Use Amid Republican, DOJ Investigation
Charlie Kirk Staff
06/05/2025

Former President Joe Biden defended his use of an autopen on Wednesday, maintaining that he remained fully in control of the White House throughout his presidency.
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump has ordered an investigation into the Biden administration, claiming that senior officials used autopen signatures to conceal signs of Biden’s cognitive decline.
“I made the decisions about the pardons, executive orders, legislation, and proclamations. Any suggestion that I didn’t is ridiculous and false,” Biden said in a statement.
“This is nothing more than a distraction by Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans who are working to push disastrous legislation that would cut essential programs like Medicaid and raise costs on American families, all to pay for tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy and big corporations,” he added.
On Wednesday, President Trump urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to launch investigations into senior Biden administration officials, alleging they may have conspired to mislead the public about Biden’s mental fitness and used the autopen to exercise presidential authority on his behalf.
In a memo released Wednesday, President Trump emphasized that the U.S. president holds immense power and responsibility through the use of their signature.
He noted that a presidential signature can enact laws, appoint individuals to top government positions, establish or revoke national policies, and grant freedom to prisoners.
“In recent months, it has become increasingly apparent that former President Biden’s aides abused the power of Presidential signatures through the use of an autopen to conceal Biden’s cognitive decline and assert Article II authority,” Trump wrote.
“This conspiracy marks one of the most dangerous and concerning scandals in American history. The American public was purposefully shielded from discovering who wielded the executive power, all while Biden’s signature was deployed across thousands of documents to effect radical policy shifts,” he added.