Overview

• The Trump administration broadened its inquiry by subpoenaing former aides Anita Dunn, Bob Bauer and Ron Klain over their roles in deploying the autopen without clear evidence of Biden’s involvement
• House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer has subpoenaed Biden’s White House physicians to determine whether autopen-signed pardons and executive actions were issued without presidential approval
• DOJ official Ed Martin, working under Attorney General Pam Bondi, is examining allegations that autopen use was intended to mask President Biden’s cognitive state
• President Biden issued a written statement rejecting the investigation’s premise and affirming that he personally approved all pardons, executive orders and legislation during his term
• Constitutional scholars point out that the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel has long endorsed autopen signatures as valid when expressly authorized by the president