President Donald Trump held a press conference at the Justice Department on Friday, using the event to criticize far-left judges, call out what he described as corrupt prosecutors, and address growing concerns over Joe Biden’s use of an autopen to sign official documents.
Trump’s remarks focused on restoring law and order, as well as ending what he called the weaponization of the Justice Department.
Among the key topics he highlighted was the Biden autopen scandal, which has gained significant attention following reports that nearly every document bearing Biden’s signature was signed using an autopen, except for the announcement of his withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race.
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The issue first gained traction after The Oversight Project gathered documents signed by Biden, revealing that nearly all of them contained the same autopen signature.
The New York Post followed up with a report indicating that a key Biden aide may have been making unilateral decisions on what documents to approve using the autopen.
According to the Post’s Steve Nelson, the identity of the key staffer responsible for these actions remains undisclosed. However, an insider speaking to the publication described the situation as deeply concerning.
“I feared no one as much as I feared that [staffer]. To me, [the staffer] basically was the president,” the insider said. “No one ever questioned [the staffer]. Period.”
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Trump did not hold back in his criticism of the Biden-Harris administration’s handling of official documents, questioning whether anything Biden signed with an autopen is even valid.
“Crooked Joe Biden got us into a real mess with Russia and everything else he did, frankly. But he didn’t know about it, and he, generally speaking, signed it with autopen, so how would he know? That autopen is a big deal. I don’t know, you know? Who’s doing this?” Trump said.
He contrasted Biden’s alleged reliance on the autopen with his own approach to signing executive orders while in office.
“When my people come up, Will [Scharf] and all of the people, Steve [Miller], they come up… Sir, this is an executive order, they explain it to me, and 90% of the time, I sign it. 99% of the time, I say, do it. But, they come up, and I sign it,” Trump explained.
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Trump then emphasized the importance of personally signing official documents rather than delegating the responsibility to a mechanical device.
“But, you don’t use autopen. Number one, it’s disrespectful to the office. Number two, maybe it’s not even valid because, you know, who’s getting him to sign? He had no idea what the hell he was doing. If he did, all of these bad things wouldn’t be happening,” Trump said.
Trump blasts Biden’s autopen signatures on executive orders:
“Maybe it’s not even valid because, you know, who’s getting him to sign?”
“He had no idea what the hell he was doing.” pic.twitter.com/bDcIsp2WT3
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The Biden autopen controversy raises questions about who is making critical decisions in the White House and whether presidential authority is being undermined by unelected staffers.
With Trump continuing to highlight the issue, pressure is likely to mount for more transparency regarding Biden’s handling of executive actions.
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The Justice Department has not issued a response regarding Trump’s remarks or the broader concerns surrounding the autopen scandal.
However, as scrutiny grows, Biden’s administration may face increased demands to clarify whether the president personally reviews and approves key decisions before they are signed into law.
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Just check Biden’s schedule….. I’m pretty sure he wasn’t even in the WH when a lot of those signatures were signed. Yes?
The first question should be whether the signature is even Biden’s? What if Jill or Hunter signed to make the autopen? Someone needs to check the signature against something they know he signed or have him sign something to compare the signatures so it’s a current comparison. Then Biden should be questioned about everything he signed and see how he responds. We heard what Rep. Johnson stated when he asked him why he signed that executive order on LNG, and he stated he hadn’t done that. He had signed this order weeks before, so he wasn’t aware of what he’s signing. This needs to be investigated so we know if he was aware of what was going on, what he was signing, who was making the decisions on all the orders he signed and if they are legal? The democrats are screaming about DOGE and Musk not having the power to make decisions, yet they covered and lied about Biden’s abilities and competence for four years. What Musk is doing is done with full disclosure to the public and he is making suggestions after finding fraud, waste, and abuse to those who head these departments, and the President can make the decisions. Someone needs to be held accountable, its apparent that President Biden was not in charge, from the fake oval office, his inability to speak without a teleprompter and a speech or answer written by someone else, and his constant statements that he would get in trouble for answering questions. An unelected person was making decisions that should not have been happening and using President Biden as a puppet to accomplish this, at the least is elder abuse. Many people are guilty of covering this up, his family, the press, the staff, Senators and Congressmen who met with him and other world leaders that had to watch over him and lead him around should be ashamed and we need to know how they benefitted and why no one came forward.