US EditionTrump takes aim at Biden pardons with new autopen directive
Trump declares all Biden-era autopen-signed clemency and official documents null, targeting about 92% of such documents, following a House Oversight report alleging unauthorized use.
- On Tuesday, Trump announced he is terminating autopen‑signed documents from Biden's administration, stating, `Any and all Documents, Proclamations, Executive Orders, Memorandums, or Contracts, signed by Order of the now infamous and unauthorized 'AUTOPEN,' within the Administration of Joseph R. Biden Jr., are hereby null, void, and of no further force or effect`.
- On Friday, Trump wrote that about 92% of Biden's executive orders used an autopen device, which presidents of both parties commonly employ for routine or ceremonial signatures.
- Legal analysts disputed Trump's claims, with Barbara McQuade saying autopen signatures are valid and the signing method is irrelevant; Biden and his former aides rejected disengagement claims, and it is not known whether Biden used an autopen device.
- Recipients were warned their documents are terminated, and pardons for family members of Biden and commutations for nonviolent drug offenders could be affected by Trump’s proclamation.
- Institutionally, cancelling predecessors' orders is unusual and the proclamation would upend years of routine executive practice by retroactively voiding Biden's actions amid claims questioning Biden's mental fitness and aides' roles.
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WNDWhat's Next After Trump Voids Biden Autopen Orders?
The Trump administration could have a tough time making all of former President Joe Biden’s autopen actions “null and void,” which likely means he will face litigation, legal experts warn. On Tuesday, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, “Any and all Documents, Proclamations, Executive Orders, Memorandums, or Contracts, signed by Order of the now infamous and unauthorized ‘AUTOPEN,’ within the Administration of Joseph R. Biden Jr., are…
Donald Trump announced this Monday that he declared "nulls, empty and without any legal effect" all the documents that, according to him, were signed by self-pen during the administration of Joe Biden. It refers not only to the pardons signed by the former president of the United States, but to executive orders, commutations and even contracts. Autopen is a signature machine. It is a mechanical device that can replicate a stored signature and th…
Trump: Biden's autopen documents, orders, & pardons are void
Trump terminated any document signed by the former president's staff with autopen, and notified anyone who received pardons or commutations they were not legal. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he has nullified all documents, proclamations, executive orders, memorandums, and contracts signed by autopen during President Joe Biden's term. "Any and all Documents, Proclamations, Executive Orders, Memorandums, or Contracts, signed by Order…
President Trump Says Documents Signed By Joe Biden Autopen Are “Void” – Includes Pardons, Executive Orders
President Trump announced on Truth Social that “any and all documents, proclamations, executive orders, memorandums, or contracts signed by Joe Biden’s autopen are “hereby null, void, and of no further force or effect.” “Anyone receiving ‘Pardons,’ ‘Commutations,’ or any other Legal Document so signed, please be advised that said Document has been fully and completely terminated, and is of no Legal effect,” he added. Fox News provided further in…
Trump confirms: Documents, orders, pardons signed via Biden autopen are void
by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News December 3, 2025 President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he has voided pretty much everything that was signed by autopen during Joe Biden’s four years in the White House. “Any and all Documents, Proclamations, Executive Orders, Memorandums, or Contracts, signed by Order of the now infamous and […]
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