{"id":2443211,"date":"2025-06-05T09:28:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T13:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-hits-back-at-trump-investigation-i-made-the-decisions\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T09:29:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T13:29:11","slug":"biden-hits-back-at-trump-investigation-i-made-the-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-hits-back-at-trump-investigation-i-made-the-decisions\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden hits back at Trump investigation: &#8216;I made the decisions&#8217;"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fbiden-hits-back-at-trump-investigation-i-made-the-decisions%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=2443211&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 Joe Biden has responded to an inquiry initiated by President Donald Trump concerning allegations of Biden&#8217;s cognitive decline and claims that his aides covered it up. in a statement to the *Washington Examiner*, Biden asserted that he was responsible for all decisions made during his presidency, including pardons and legislation, and dismissed the investigation as a &#8220;distraction&#8221; intended to divert attention from Republican efforts to pass harmful legislation. <\/p>\n<p>The investigation, announced through a presidential memorandum, aims to determine whether Biden&#8217;s aides misrepresented his mental state and if they used an AutoPen to falsify his signature on executive actions. This inquiry will also overlap with a separate Justice Department investigation into Biden&#8217;s competence during his presidency. Meanwhile, Republicans in Congress are pursuing thier own inquiries into Biden&#8217;s use of the AutoPen and whether he was effectively in control of his presidency. the scrutiny surrounding Biden&#8217;s cognitive abilities has intensified following the release of a book that discusses how his aides shielded him from public scrutiny.  <\/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\">Biden hits back at Trump investigation: &lsquo;I made the decisions&rsquo;<\/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_2140324\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a> has slammed President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s investigation into him and his aides&rsquo; alleged cover-up of his cognitive decline as a &ldquo;distraction.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Let me be clear: I made the decisions during my presidency,&rdquo; Biden told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> in a statement. &ldquo;I made the decisions about the pardons, executive orders, legislation, and proclamations. Any suggestion that I didn&rsquo;t is ridiculous and false.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3431895\/will-karine-jean-pierre-spill-beans-biden\/\">Will Karine Jean-Pierre spill the beans on Biden?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3430854\/democrats-existential-problem-winning-back-blue-collar-workers\/\">Democrats confront &#8216;existential&#8217; problem of winning back blue-collar workers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3431651\/trump-decisive-judicial-nominations-role-frustrations-supreme-court-justices\/\">Trump 2.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-2-0-takes-decisive-judicial-nominations-role-amid-frustrations-with-supreme-court-justices-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... 2.0 takes decisive judicial nominations role amid frustrations with Supreme Court justices - Washington Examiner\">0 takes decisive judicial nominations role amid frustrations<\/a> with Supreme Court justices<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Biden added that the investigation, announced Wednesday evening by Trump through presidential memorandum, along with travel restrictions on foreign nationals from countries considered to pose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/policy\/national-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">national security<\/a> threats, is &ldquo;nothing more than a distraction&rdquo; by Trump and congressional Republicans &ldquo;who are working to push disastrous legislation that would <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >cut essential programs<\/a> such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/medicaid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Medicaid<\/a> and raise costs on American families, all to pay for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/taxes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">tax breaks<\/a> for the ultra-wealthy and big corporations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s investigation, to be led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/taxes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">White House <\/a>counsel David Warrington in coordination with Attorney General&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pam-bondi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pam Bondi<\/a>, is to uncover whether &ldquo;certain individuals conspired to deceive the public about Biden&rsquo;s mental state and unconstitutionally exercise the authorities and responsibilities of the President,&rdquo; according to the memorandum.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation will also specifically look at whether Biden&rsquo;s aides conspired to make false statements about the then-president&rsquo;s capabilities and to dismiss recorded videos of his cognitive inability as fake.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Counsel to the President shall also investigate, in consultation with the Attorney General and the head of any other relevant agency, the circumstances surrounding Biden&rsquo;s supposed execution of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/record-number-of-illegal-immigrants-pour-across-us-mexico-border\/\" title=\"Unprecedented surge of illegal immigrants crossing US\u2013Mexico border.\">numerous executive actions<\/a> during his final years in office,&rdquo; the memorandum stated. &ldquo;This investigation shall address:&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;the policy documents for which the autopen was used, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-orders-vast-doj-investigation-into-biden-health-cover-up\/\" title=\"... orders vast DOJ ... into Biden health cover-up\">including clemency grants<\/a>, Executive Orders, Presidential memoranda, or other Presidential policy decisions; and (ii)&nbsp;who directed that the President&rsquo;s signature be affixed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s investigation will supplement a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyt-promoted-idea-that-trump-loyalists-might-have-killed-capitol-police-officer-one-month-later-they-issue-significant-update\/\" title=\"NYT Promoted Idea That ... 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Tapper<\/a>&nbsp;and Alex Thompson, which reports on how Biden aides protected and shielded the former president from the public and even his own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cabinet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Cabinet<\/a> members.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><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_2140324\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2140324\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner 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