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Trump says that the pardons signed by Biden "are null" and threatens the congressmen
he blames for the "witch hunt" against him
Story by Pablo R. Suanzes • 4h • 5 min read

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Ah, looks like the Heritage Foundation is behind this crap!!


............A week ago, the Heritage Foundation, one of Washington's leading conservative think tanks and behind much of this administration's program, published a report stating that many documents signed by President Joe Biden, including dozens of executive orders, were signed with an automatic pen, questioning who was pulling the strings during the former president's four-year term.

"WHOEVER CONTROLLED THE AUTOMATIC PEN CONTROLLED THE PRESIDENCY," wrote the Oversight Project in a post last Thursday. "We collected all the documents we could find with Biden's signature throughout his presidency. All used the same signature with an automatic pen, except for the announcement that the former president was withdrawing from the race last year," the document explains.

Since then, Trump and his team have been pondering. The Autopen is a very common tool that presidents (including Trump), senators, congressmen, and state officials have been using for decades. The issue is not the tool but the decision. If it has the politician's approval, it's normal. If it's done without their knowledge and approval, it's illegal and a serious offense. The narrative circulating in Washington these days goes in that direction, with conservative publications like The New York Post, owned by Rupert Murdoch, stating that a close assistant of Biden could have been making decisions without his boss's knowledge, being the shadow president.

Something that in the case of the pardons makes no sense because they were very controversial decisions, well thought out, and above all, very personal. However, what Trump's advisors are looking for is an indirect way to get to the bottom of it. "For investigators to determine if then-President Biden actually ordered the signing of relevant legal documents, or if he even had the mental capacity to do so, they must first determine who controlled the automatic pen and what controls were in place," stated the Heritage Foundation's Oversight Project, suggesting that the president was not fit and therefore the decisions are not legitimate. The former president is covered by immunity, but his team is not. That's why, for example, Missouri's Republican attorney general, Andrew Bailey, sent a letter to the Department of Justice last Wednesday demanding an investigation into whether Biden's "cognitive decline" allowed unelected personnel to push radical policies without his consent. To be investigated.

On Friday, from the Oval Office and while discussing military spending, Trump lashed out at his predecessor, calling him an "extremely incompetent man. Just take a look to see that he signs with an automatic pen. Who signs all this with an automatic pen? Who would sign important documents with an automatic pen?" Trump asked journalists, boasting about how he signs all his executive orders in person, often in front of cameras. "The documents you sign are important, and you take pride in signing them. Can you imagine if everything was signed with an automatic pen? It should never have happened," he said disdainfully.

"Our practice regarding the use of the Autopen is much more restrictive than that of most previous administrations. We do not use it for documents exercising presidential powers. For example, we do not use it for executive orders, presidential memoranda, decision memoranda, nominations, orders or appointment commissions, or for bills that need to be signed. We do not even use it for more routine purposes, such as inviting foreign leaders to the White House. The president personally signs all these documents, in the presence of witnesses. Occasionally, we will use it when a single document requires multiple presidential signatures, or when multiple copies of the same document require signing, but only after the president has personally signed and solely under his direction," states a memorandum distributed by Trump's team accessed by the New York Post.

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