Overview

• In a presidential memorandum, Trump tasked White House counsel and Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate whether Biden’s aides used an autopen without his knowledge to conceal his mental state.
• The Justice Department has launched a parallel probe under pardon attorney Ed Martin to assess Biden’s competence and possible exploitation of an autopen in issuing last-minute pardons.
• House Oversight Chairman James Comer has requested interviews with former White House aides and plans to subpoena Biden’s personal physician to probe a potential cover-up of his cognitive decline.
• Biden has rejected the allegations as false and insisted he personally made all decisions on pardons, executive orders, legislation and proclamations during his presidency.
• Although a 2005 DOJ memo affirms the legality of autopen use, Republicans argue that undisclosed mechanical signing could challenge the validity of hundreds of executive actions.