Overview

• Neera Tanden said she was authorized to direct autopen signatures for specific documents as White House staff secretary from October 2021 to May 2023.
• She testified that she had no further role in autopen usage after her reassignment to the Domestic Policy Council in May 2023.
• President Trump waived executive privilege to allow Tanden’s unrestricted testimony, and Chairman James Comer has subpoenaed other former aides and White House physician Kevin O’Connor.
• Comer said the inquiry aims to establish whether Biden personally approved executive orders and pardons signed by autopen or if aides bypassed his explicit authorization.
• President Biden rejected the allegations as “ridiculous and false,” and Democratic committee members labeled the probe politically motivated and lacking substance.