Trump's Genius Move Forces National Coverage Of Biden Autopen Scandal
Over at PJ Media, I’ve been covering the Biden autopen scandal since it first broke earlier this month. The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project uncovered that nearly every document bearing Joe Biden’s signature during his presidency was actually signed by an autopen. While the presidential autopen has been in use since the 1950s—sparking long-standing debates over its legality—it wasn’t until 2013 that Barack Obama became the first president to sign a bill into law with one.
Technically, it is accepted that an autopen signature is legal only if it was used with the president’s knowledge and authorization. And that’s where things get problematic. Given Biden’s obvious cognitive decline, was he even aware his signature was being mass-produced? When House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) revealed that Biden couldn’t recall signing the executive order halting LNG exports, that was all the proof we needed that he probably didn’t much of the time.
President Donald Trump dropped a bombshell Sunday evening on Truth Social. He declared Joe Biden’s pardons void due to the suspicious use of an autopen and serious questions about whether Biden even knew what he was signing
But here’s what’s truly astonishing—Biden hasn’t said a word about it. His social media team, usually quick to respond to political firestorms, has remained completely silent. Not a single post from his X account disputing the autopen accusations. All we have is conflicting statements from former Biden White House staffers, some telling the New York Post that there was at least one particular person in the White House abusing the autopen, and others denying it. (RELATED: Explosive Update to Biden Autopen Scandal Reveals Unelected Staffer’s Role)
These are serious allegations, yet we get nothing from the one man who should be addressing this.
This silence is deafening, and it speaks volumes. Biden’s team is either scrambling for a coherent response or hoping the media will run interference and bury the story.
Now they can’t. After more than a week of ignoring or downplaying the story, Trump has forced mainstream media outlets to finally report on it. NBC News, Axios, Bloomberg, The Hill, USA Today, NewsNation, and ABC News have all started covering the story.
The fact that we’re even discussing whether a president of the United States had any idea what he was signing is alarming. This isn’t about political theater—it’s about the integrity of the highest office in the land. This would be an actual constitutional crisis. If Biden didn’t knowingly authorize those pardons and other executive actions during his presidency, indeed the validity of those actions is in doubt.
In announcing that he considers Biden’s pardons void, Trump has forced the Democratic Party and the mainstream media to pay attention to a scandal they were hoping to sweep under the rug, and that was a stroke of genius.