Overview
- Trump announced on Truth Social that any Biden-era pardons bearing an autopen signature have no legal effect.
- Legal experts, including Professor Mark Osler, said there is no constitutional or judicial basis to cancel another president’s pardons.
- No response from Biden representatives was reported in the immediate aftermath of the declaration.
- An autopen has long been used by presidents of both parties to reproduce signatures on official documents.
- The dispute follows the earlier pardon of Hunter Biden, which drew Republican criticism, while Trump has issued about 70 pardons in his second term’s first ten months.