Autopen, Joe Biden and pardons
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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 has acknowledged in a stunning new interview that he didn’t agree to the name of every person who received one of the 46th president’s sweeping pardons — with emails indicating that then-White House chief of staff Jeff Zients approved the use of the notorious White House autopen.
Paul announced the referral – his second to the DOJ regarding Fauci – after reports claimed that Biden may not have personally known about or directed a pardon he granted to the former long-time head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).
Lost in today’s partisan volleys, though, is that a president doesn’t need to sign anything to dole out clemency.
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Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul announced a long-shot bid to get the Justice Department to launch a criminal probe of Dr. Anthony Fauci over accusations that he lied to Congress, despite former President Joe Biden’s preemptive pardon.
Joe Biden said every pardon and commutation he issued was his decision, calling Republican "liars" for alleging his aides illegally used an autopen.
This referral involves the legitimacy of Biden's preemptive presidential pardon of Fauci after the discovery of Biden's controversial autopen usage.
Sen. Rand Paul announces plans to reissue his criminal referral against Dr. Anthony Fauci to the Trump DOJ, adding a new dimension to the Biden White House autopen controversy.