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Joe Biden said every pardon and commutation he issued was his decision, calling Republican "liars" for alleging his aides illegally used an autopen.
Facing questions about his mental acuity, the former president told The New York Times he made all clemency decisions.
President Donald Trump has claimed that the thousands of pardons signed during the Biden administration are void, due to alleged autopen usage.
Former President Joe Biden did not closely review every case included in his sweeping end-of-term clemency spree and instead delegated vast authority to aides to handle the process, including to then-chief of staff Jeff Zients,
Former President Joe Biden blasted Republicans as “liars” for suggesting that his aides used an autopen to take actions without his knowledge, taking advantage of his diminished cognitive state, as the GOP continues to scrutinize his record at the direction of Donald Trump.
In his final hours, former US President Biden's chief of staff authorized an autopen to sign high-profile pardons, including those for Fauci and Milley. Trump has criticized this, alleging Biden was unaware of the signings and concealing cognitive decline.
President Joe Biden defended his use of an autopen in a recent NYT interview, offering insight into his administration’s reasoning behind the controversial practice.
Former President Joe Biden’s deputy director of Oval Office operations became the third former staffer to testify Friday in front of the House Oversight Committee as they investigate the 46th commander-in-chief’s cognitive decline and possible abuses of the presidential autopen.