According to a New York Post report, an aide to former President Joe Biden may have exceeded their authority by liberally using an autopen to sign official documents, according to two former White House sources.
From The New York Post:
A document obtained by The Post outlines the narrow set of circumstances in which Trump’s signature can be affixed to documents, following controversy this week kicked off by a Heritage Foundation analysisof Biden signatures on various records, including last-minute pardons.
A small group of officials under both Biden and Trump have been delegated the power to get documents “signed” robotically, but 82-year-old Biden’s perceived cognitive decline sparked debate about whether some aides may have assumed his wishes in his final stretch as commander-in-chief.
One Biden White House source told The Post they suspect that a key aide to the then-president may have made unilateral determinations on what to auto-sign. The Post is not publishing that staffer’s name due to the lack of concrete evidence and refutations by other colleagues.
The Biden aide, who did not respond to requests for comment, would frequently make mention of what “the boss” wanted, the source said, but compatriots would have “no idea” if it was true because the internal culture was to not ask questions.
“I feared no one as much as I feared that [staffer]. To me, [the staffer] basically was the president,” the person said. “No one ever questioned [the staffer]. Period.”
Read the full shocking report over at The New York Post:
Trump establishes ‘far more restrictive’ autopen rules — as Biden aides murmur about possible misuse https://t.co/yKhdcNSJFQ pic.twitter.com/ghT0pAO7DQ
— New York Post (@nypost) March 14, 2025
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