Overview
- Trump announced on Truth Social that he is revoking Biden-era decrees he says were not personally signed, without specifying which actions are affected.
- He asserted that about 92% of Biden’s decrees used an autopen and alleged the operators acted illegally, a claim not independently verified in the reports.
- Legal analyst Ed Whelan said a president can rescind a predecessor’s executive orders but lacks authority to void statutes or pardons.
- Reporting noted immediate consequences are uncertain as agencies have not released a concrete list of targeted documents.
- Biden and his team rejected the accusations as ridiculous and false, and prior DOJ guidance from 2005 said a president may authorize a signature to be applied, including by autopen.