Overview

• At a June 18 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. Josh Hawley pressed for internal documents proving President Biden authorised autopen use on pardons and clemencies or threatened subpoenas.
• Former Justice Department official Theodore Wold testified that White House protocol mandates a documented paper trail for any autopen signature deployed by the president.
• The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project has uncovered evidence that Biden employed at least three distinct autopen signatures during his term, including on days he hand-signed other documents.
• GOP senators cited concerns over Biden’s mental fitness and framed the inquiry as essential to confirm that executive actions bore his genuine approval.
• Democrats led by Sen. Richard Durbin dismissed the probe as a partisan distraction and Biden’s office has not publicly responded to the request for consent records.