{"id":2436001,"date":"2025-05-17T15:57:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T19:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-renews-criticism-of-biden-autopen-use-after-hur-interview-audio-leaks-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-05-17T15:58:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T19:58:26","slug":"trump-renews-criticism-of-biden-autopen-use-after-hur-interview-audio-leaks-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-renews-criticism-of-biden-autopen-use-after-hur-interview-audio-leaks-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump renews criticism of Biden \u2018autopen\u2019 use after Hur interview audio leaks &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-renews-criticism-of-biden-autopen-use-after-hur-interview-audio-leaks-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2436001&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump has once again criticized President Joe Biden over allegations regarding the use of an &#8220;autopen&#8221; for issuing last<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-bidens-pardon-is-all-about-protecting-joe-biden\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden\u2019s Pardon Is All About Protecting Joe Biden\">-minute pardons<\/a> before leaving office. This renewed criticism follows the leak of audio from Trump&#8217;s interview with former Special Counsel Robert Hur, which reports on Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >limited memory adn raises concerns<\/a> about his mental acuity. Trump claims that Biden&#8217;s use of the autopen constitutes a crime and ties this issue to his assertions that the 2020 presidential election was rigged. He also seeks to link Biden&#8217;s actions to previous investigations conducted by the now-defunct House Jan. 6 committee, asserting that the controversies surrounding the autopen are just the beginning of what he describes as larger crimes committed against him. Throughout his statements, Trump continues to maintain that he won the 2020 election by a notable margin despite the official outcomes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump renews criticism of Biden &lsquo;autopen&rsquo; use after Hur interview audio leaks<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2123834\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> on Saturday renewed his criticism of his predecessor, former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a>, and his alleged use of an &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3349656\/joe-biden-trump-autopen-controversy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">autopen<\/a>&rdquo; after audio from the ex<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-tacitly-admit-biden-harris-border-policy-is-a-total-failure\/\" title=\"Media Tacitly Admit Biden...Harris Border Policy Is A Total Failure\">-president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s interview with former Special Counsel Robert Hur was leaked.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3414631\/leaked-audio-biden-robert-hur-interview-ex-president-struggled-remember-key-dates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"audio\">audio<\/a> from the Hur interview was released by <em>Axios<\/em> on Friday, after the Biden Justice Department had declined to release it and the Trump Justice Department had said it would look into releasing it. Hur&rsquo;s report detailed Biden&rsquo;s &ldquo;significantly limited&rdquo; memory and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-energy-secretary-pick-called-out-by-republicans-for-democrats-awful-record-on-green-jobs-video\/\" title=\"Biden Energy Secretary Pick Called Out By Republicans For Democrats\u2019 Awful Record On \u2018Green Jobs\u2019 (VIDEO)\">expressed concerns<\/a> over the then-president&rsquo;s mental acuity, drawing questions about how much power Biden really had.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3415006\/trump-putin-discuss-ending-russia-ukraine-bloodbath-over-phone\/\">Trump and Putin to discuss ending Russia-Ukraine &#8216;bloodbath&#8217; over the phone on Monday<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3414962\/trump-james-comey-86-47-post\/\">Trump responds to James Comey &#8217;86 47&#8242; post: &#8216;Loud and clear&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3413920\/trump-relationships-middle-east-challenges-remain-russia\/\">Trump leverages personal relationships in Middle East, but challenges remain with Russia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The GOP-led House Oversight Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3414106\/james-comer-autopen-house-investigation-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"announced\">announced<\/a> Friday it would look into Biden&rsquo;s alleged use of an autopen to issue last-minute pardons before leaving office in January. Trump took aim at Biden&rsquo;s autopen controversy and claimed it was a crime in a lengthy post on Truth Social.<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/114523195208653918\/embed\" class=\"truthsocial-embed\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/embed.js\" async=\"async\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Whoever had control of the &lsquo;AUTOPEN&rsquo; is looking to be a bigger and bigger scandal by the moment. It is a major part of the real crime, THAT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2020 WAS RIGGED AND STOLEN! Millions and millions of people knew that, but the Radical Left Democrats waged a campaign of inoculation and innocence like none that had ever been waged before,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also took aim at the defunct House Jan. 6 committee, which looked into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, and received pardons from Biden shortly before he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/declassified-documents-prove-fbi-knowingly-and-willfully-lied-to-fisa-court-to-spy-on-trump-campaign-video\/\" title=\"Declassified Documents Prove FBI Knowingly and Willfully Lied to FISA Court to Spy on Trump Campaign (Video)\">left office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;THIS IS WHY THE UNSELECT COMMITTEE OF POLITICAL THUGS, WHO WERE GIVEN A FULL AND COMPLETE PARDON BY THE PERSON WHO WIELDED THE NOW ILLEGALLY USED AUTOPEN, DELETED AND DESTROYED ALL EVIDENCE AND INFORMATION FROM THEIR CORRUPT AND VICIOUS WITCH HUNT AGAINST ME, AND MANY OTHER PEOPLE, WHOSE LIVES WERE COMPLETELY SHATTERED AND DESTROYED BY THIS HISTORICALLY CRIMINAL EVENT,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3415006\/trump-putin-discuss-ending-russia-ukraine-bloodbath-over-phone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"TRUMP AND PUTIN TO DISCUSS ENDING RUSSIA-UKRAINE &lsquo;BLOODBATH&rsquo; OVER THE PHONE ON MONDAY\">TRUMP AND PUTIN TO DISCUSS ENDING RUSSIA-UKRAINE &lsquo;BLOODBATH&rsquo; OVER THE PHONE ON MONDAY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The president then claimed the autopen controversy is &ldquo;just the beginning&rdquo; in terms of crimes that were committed by his enemies. Trump also repeated his claims that his 2020 election loss was &ldquo;rigged,&rdquo; and that he won the presidential election that year despite Biden&rsquo;s victory being confirmed and the then-former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vice-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">vice president<\/a> being sworn in.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Remember, it all began with DIRTY COP James Comey, Obama, a hapless and cognitively impaired Sleepy Joe Biden, and my now very famous ACCUSATION that, &lsquo;THEY SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN!&rsquo; Whoever had control of the Autopen is just the beginning. The biggest crime of all is that THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WAS RIGGED! I (MAGA!) WON THE ELECTION BY MILLIONS OF VOTES, AND EVERYONE KNOWS IT. GOD BLESS AMERICA, FOR THE FIGHT HAS JUST BEGUN!!!&rdquo; Trump added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2123834\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2123834\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump criticizes Biden&#8217;s use of &#8216;autopen&#8217; after audio leak<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2436002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/trump-departing-air-force-one-may-2025.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[55456,51873,3620,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2436001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-audio-leak","tag-autopen","tag-biden","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/trump-departing-air-force-one-may-2025.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2436001"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2436005,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436001\/revisions\/2436005"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2436002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2436001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2436001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2436001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}