March 31, 2025 - Epoch Times
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| On January 20th of this year, literally as the swearing-in ceremony for President Trump was underway, news suddenly broke that Joe Biden had issued multiple pardons. | |
| The pardons, they were all signed on the previous day, but they were made public on January 20th, and they included some very high-profile names, such as Dr. Anthony Fauci, General Mark Milley, members of the January 6th Select Committee, You had members of Joe Biden's immediate family, among several other people. | |
| And even at the time, these pardons were, you could say, unique, given the fact that they were preemptive pardons. | |
| They were giving the recipients broad immunity for a long period of time, dating back roughly 10 years. | |
| Meaning, as just one example of many, the federal government would no longer be able to try or prosecute Dr. Anthony Fauci for anything that he did in relation to his work at the NIH from 2014 up until the present day, up until January of 2025. | |
| This was, again, a very unique type of pardon. | |
| It was preemptive. | |
| It offered very broad immunity for a long, long period of time. | |
| However, it turns out that there might be another reason that all these different pardons could be considered unique. | |
| You see, just earlier this month, Specifically, on March 6th, the Heritage Foundation's Oversight Project, they released an unexpected finding. | |
| After analyzing the signatures on the actual pardon documents, they came to the conclusion that they were all nearly identical, which can only be the case if they were signed using an auto-pen. | |
| Now, in case you've never seen one before, an auto-pen is a pretty cool tool. | |
| People in advertising and marketing, they oftentimes use it to Handwrite personalized letters at scale and then mail them to prospects or to clients. | |
| You basically just write something down, you upload it into the system, and then a robotic pen will perfectly copy your handwriting, even including the pressure on the paper. | |
| It's as if you're actually writing things over and over again. | |
| And of course, besides writing full letters, it can also be used to copy someone's signature, which would explain why the signatures on Biden's pardons line up perfectly with one another, something that wouldn't happen if they were really done by hand. | |
| Then, atop that discovery, the Oversight Project found something else. | |
| The fact that some earlier pardons were also signed with the Autopen. | |
| And those earlier pardons, they had another interesting twist. | |
| Above the signature, there was a small note saying that the documents, they were signed in Washington D.C. on December 30th of 2022. | |
| However, on that exact date, Joe Biden was actually pictured in the U.S. Virgin Islands playing golf. | |
| Meaning that there was no way he could have been in Washington D.C. On that date, signing those documents. | |
| Now, in terms of anything actionable, these discoveries by the Heritage Foundation, they were first picked up by the Attorney General of Missouri, Mr. Andrew Bailey. | |
| He wrote this letter here that you can see up on your screen. | |
| It was addressed to the Inspector General of the Justice Department, and it was an official request for an immediate investigation into the legality of using an auto pen in this manner. | |
| His stated concern Was that the auto pen was being used not by Joe Biden, but rather by someone in Joe Biden's orbit without him being fully cognizant of it. | |
| He ended his letter with a call to investigation again. | |
| And this was a letter that was being sent to the inspector general, quote. | |
| I thus ask you to launch an investigation or refer my request to another investigation body to determine which of Biden's purported orders were knowingly issued by a competent president and which were not. | |
| I call on you to investigate whether it was Biden or others who took executive actions. | |
| If it was not Biden, then the people should know that whatever actions he took were void. | |
| Now, thus far, the Inspector General of the Justice Department has not responded to this call to investigate. | |
| However, President Trump himself has. | |
| At first, on March 13th, during a press conference that was held in the Oval Office, President Trump was asked by a reporter about something relating to NATO, but he responded in the following manner. | |
| All you have to do is look and take a look at he signs by Autopen. | |
| Who was signing all this stuff by Autopen? | |
| Who would think you signed important documents by Autopen? | |
| You know, these are major documents you're signing, you're proud to sign them, you have your signature and something in 300 years, they say, "Oh, look, can you imagine? | |
| Everything was signed by Autopen, almost everything." Nobody's ever heard of such Then, three days later, while he was aboard Air Force One, a different reporter asked President Trump about the legitimacy of Biden's pardons. | |
| Here's the full exchange. | |
| -But that Biden and his people, and his probably auto pet, It looked like we had an auto pen for a president. | |
| And we would have been better off if we had, probably. | |
| But it looks to me like, you know, that's a big subject. | |
| I'm sure you won't ask about that. | |
| But the whole subject of auto pen, did he know what he was doing? | |
| Did he authorize it? | |
| Or is this somebody in an office, maybe a radical left lunatic, just signing whatever that person wants? | |
| That's not what the, you know, it's all about. | |
| I just never use it. | |
| I mean, We may use it as an example to send some young person a letter, because it's nice to, you know, we get thousands and thousands of letters, letters of support for young people, for people that aren't feeling well, etc. | |
| But to sign pardons and all of the things that he signed with an auto pen is disgraceful. | |
| So I develop a provided auto pen. | |
| Are those executive orders lost currents from President now null and void? | |
| Well, I think so. | |
| It's not My decision, that'll be up to a court. | |
| But I would say that they're knowledgeable, because I'm sure Biden didn't have any idea that it was taking place. | |
| And then, just one day after making those comments aboard Air Force One, President Trump released a full statement over on Truth Social, you can see it up on your screen, saying that since the pardons were done with an auto pen, they are, at least in his eyes, considered void. | |
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| Now, As of this moment, neither Joe Biden nor anyone on his team have issued any public statements regarding either the pardons or this whole auto pen situation. | |
| And then secondly, no lawsuits appear to have yet been filed against Trump's declaration of those pardons being void, at least as of yet. | |
| Realistically, though, despite all these different developments, the pardons in question will likely not That's because the U.S. Constitution gives very broad pardoning powers to the U.S. President. | |
| The U.S. Constitution, it specifically states that a president, quote, shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States. | |
| And the courts have said that presidents can use their pardon power even without putting it in writing. | |
| For instance, last year in 2024, You had a case related to clemency make it up to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, and in the decision of the court, they wrote the following, quote, Formal limits or requirements. | |
| This principle resolves the matter of whether a writing is required as part of the president's exercise of the clemency power. | |
| The answer is undoubtedly no. | |
| The plain language of the Constitution imposes no such limit, broadly providing that the president shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment. | |
| The constitutional text is thus silent as to any particular form the president's clemency act must take to be effective. | |
| Meaning, in practical terms, that even the act of signing something, with auto-pen or with their hand, is not required. | |
| The court then goes even further. | |
| Quote, Meaning, in practical terms, that if Joe Biden wished to pardon several people, and then he passed along his request to several aides, who then auto-penned his signature on some official documents, It wouldn't really matter because that part is just a formality. | |
| The actual pardoning power always lied with him. | |
| Now of course, the second argument that was being made by both Trump as well as the Attorney General of Missouri is that Joe Biden wasn't even aware of these pardons and that it was actually whichever staffer was controlling the auto pen that was the one doing it. | |
| But realistically, good luck proving that point. | |
| The constitutional authority of presidential pardons is so broad that That aside from Joe Biden coming out himself and saying that that was the case, there's probably very, very little chance of those pardons truly becoming null and void. | |
| But I'd love to know your thoughts. | |
| Do you think that this pardoning voiding plan will actually bear fruit? | |
| Leave your thoughts in the comments. | |
| I'm sure a lot of people would love to know your thoughts as well, as well as myself. | |
| I personally don't think this will happen just because the pardoning ability is so broad that, I mean, All Joe Biden would have to do is say, yes, I pardoned them, and everything else was just a formality. | |
| And so, you know, short of him actually coming out and saying, hey, I didn't know anything about it, I don't think it'll happen, but I guess you never know. | |
| So again, leave your thoughts in the comments. | |
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| And then until next time, I'm your host, Roman from The Epic Times. | |
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