Former President Joe Biden experienced such “cognitive decline” while in office that it remains a serious question as to whether he was aware of the substance of the various pardons and commutations signed in his name via autopen, the GOP-controlled House Oversight Committee asserted in a letter it sent to Attorney General Pam Bondi, urging her to consider whether that clemency might be invalid and to take action for potential prosecution against some of Biden’s aides.
The committee “deems void President Biden’s executive actions that were signed using the Autopen, and the committee determines that action by the Department of Justice is warranted to address the legal consequences of that determination,” it wrote to Bondi released Tuesday morning.
From the last time this was brought up, it had been pointed out that the courts have previously said that that presidential pardons do not even need to be written
Actual legality doesn’t matter. It’s a pretext.
SCOTUS “Turns out pardons not signed by pen are void. However tthis only applies to President’s not named Donald J. Trump. It’s in the Consitution. No, you can’t see the real consitution. The real consitution is in Canada for safe keeping.”
Not to mention that using ANY mark is considered a signature, no matter the method of affixing it to the document. It’s an ADA compliance thing - you can’t discriminate based on the method of signing.