Overview

• Donald Trump has declared that pardons issued by Joe Biden, including those for Jan. 6 committee members and others, are void because they were signed using an autopen.
• The Heritage Foundation reported that Biden's autopen signatures were consistent across numerous documents, raising questions about his direct involvement in their authorization.
• Legal experts and past court rulings affirm that the use of an autopen by a president is constitutionally valid for signing pardons and other official documents.
• Biden's pardons included high-profile figures such as Dr. Anthony Fauci, Gen. Mark Milley, and members of his family, as well as individuals involved in nonviolent drug offenses and pandemic-related sentences.
• Trump has suggested the matter may be decided in court, though legal precedent strongly supports the legitimacy of autopen-signed pardons.