{"id":2443406,"date":"2025-06-05T13:51:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T17:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-response-to-trumps-autopen-allegation-has-a-glaring-problem-how-did-they-miss-this\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T13:53:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T17:53:45","slug":"bidens-response-to-trumps-autopen-allegation-has-a-glaring-problem-how-did-they-miss-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-response-to-trumps-autopen-allegation-has-a-glaring-problem-how-did-they-miss-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden\u2019s Response to Trump\u2019s Autopen Allegation Has a Glaring Problem &#8211; How Did They Miss This?"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fbidens-response-to-trumps-autopen-allegation-has-a-glaring-problem-how-did-they-miss-this%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=2443406&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 addressed concerns regarding the use of an autopen for his signature during his presidency, a controversy highlighted by Donald Trump. In response to Trump&#8217;s claims that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >executive actions signed<\/a> under Biden were invalid because they lacked his personal signature, Biden issued a statement asserting, &#8220;I made the decisions during my presidency.&#8221; He labeled Trump&#8217;s assertions as distractions from pressing legislative issues, such as proposed cuts to essential programs. This situation escalated with Republican leaders, including those from the House Oversight Committee, investigating the autopen usage, suggesting it implies that Biden&#8217;s staff were acting without his knowledge. Biden&#8217;s written response has been critiqued for failing to convincingly counter the narrative that he was not in control during his administration.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Former President Joe Biden tried to respond to the autopen controversy but only fueled the charge that he was not the one in control during his term.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5333855-biden-trump-claims-ridiculous-false\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a> reported Biden issued an official statement &mdash; a written statement &mdash; in response to the autopen scandal that President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/christian-author-fired-trumps-kennedy-center-biblical-values-strikingly-christlike-request-fellow-christians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s administration is now honing in on.<\/p>\n<p>In March, Trump wrote via <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114175908922736427\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>  that several executive actions requiring Biden&rsquo;s signature were invalid due to the former president using an autopen to provide his signature: &ldquo;The &lsquo;Pardons&rsquo; that Sleepy Joe Biden gave to the Unselect Committee of Political Thugs, and many others, are hereby declared VOID, VACANT, AND OF NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT, because of the fact that they were done by Autopen. In other words, Joe Biden did not sign them but, more importantly, he did not know anything about them!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The use of the autopen in itself dates back to a significantly more primitive model being used by former President Thomas Jefferson.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s remark, however, was not just about its use alone; as he wrote, it was done without Biden&rsquo;s knowledge, implying White House staffers were putting his signature on documents the then-president knew nothing about.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Per the Hill, Trump ordered the counsel to the president and Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate the autopen&rsquo;s use.<\/p>\n<p>Further, House Oversight Committee Chairman and Kentucky Republican Rep. James Comer is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/damning-evidence-autopen-scandal-activity-last-100-days-biden-admin-first-three-half-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">investigating the matter<\/a>, stating the individuals he pursued for questioning about the autopen&rsquo;s use have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-couldnt-fire-this-trump-appointed-official-now-he-might-be-prosecuted-over-an-unauthorized-trip-to-walmart\/\" title=\"Dems Couldn\u2019t Fire This Trump-Appointed Official. Now He Might Be Prosecuted Over \u2026 An Unauthorized Trip To Walmart.\">obtained legal counsel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&rsquo;s statement was posted to social media platform X on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I made the decisions during my presidency. I made the decisions about the pardons, executive orders, legislation, and proclamations. Any suggestion that I didn&rsquo;t is ridiculous and false,&rdquo; it read.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is nothing more than a distraction by Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans who are working to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-hits-back-at-trump-investigation-i-made-the-decisions\/\" title=\"... hits back at Trump investigation: &#039;I made the decisions&#039;\">push disastrous legislation<\/a> that would cut essential programs like Medicaid and raise costs on American families, all to pay for tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy and big corporations,&rdquo; the statement said in reference to a recent spending bill in Congress.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Joe Biden on Trump&rsquo;s call for investigation into his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usa-today-asks-is-math-racist-gets-ripped-online-sign-of-cultural-sickness\/\" title=\"USA Today Asks, \u2018Is Math Racist\u2019; Gets Ripped Online: \u2018Sign Of Cultural Sickness\u2019\">actions &#038;amp<\/a>; autopen use<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I made the decisions during my presidency. 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<p>Full statement <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jZm2YaI6JP\">pic.twitter.com\/jZm2YaI6JP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Arlette Saenz (@ArletteSaenz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArletteSaenz\/status\/1930454631307497585?\">June 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>How could Biden &mdash; more importantly his team &mdash; not catch this?<\/p>\n<p>A written statement does nothing to counter Trump or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-senate-republicans-grill-chuck-schumer-national-hamburger-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republicans<\/a>&lsquo; accusations that he was not in charge.<\/p>\n<p>This could have been written by anybody.<\/p>\n<p>Granted, Biden performs poorly on camera &mdash; as evidenced by any number of videos circulating online, but pulling him out of the basement to film a 30-second video would have been much better for optics.<\/p>\n<p>But, that would have been better than a written statement.<\/p>\n<p>Per the Hill, Trump&rsquo;s order targets the appointment of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/federal-judge-smacks-dncs-election-lawsuit-trump-admin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">federal judges<\/a>, grants of clemency, and thousands of executive documents that required Biden&rsquo;s signature.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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On Wednesday, The Hill reported that Biden released an official written statement regarding the autopen issue, which is currently being scrutinized by former President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration. In March, Trump asserted that several executive actions requiring Biden&#8217;s signature were invalid because they were signed using an autopen: &#8220;The &#8216;Pardons&#8217; that Sleepy Joe Biden gave to the Unselect Committee of Political Thugs, and many others, are hereby declared VOID, VACANT, AND OF NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT because they were done by Autopen. In other words, Joe Biden did not sign them but more importantly, he did not know anything about them!&#8221; The use of an autopen dates back to a much earlier model used by Thomas Jefferson. However, Trump&#8217;s comments suggested that these actions occurred without Biden&#8217;s awareness and implied that White House staffers were signing documents without his knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Hill, Trump has instructed his legal counsel and Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate the use of the autopen further. Additionally, House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer from Kentucky is also looking into this matter and noted that those he sought for questioning have retained legal representation.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s statement was shared on social media platform X on Wednesday: &#8220;I made the decisions during my presidency. I made decisions about pardons, executive orders, legislation and proclamations. Any suggestion otherwise is ridiculous and false.&#8221; He characterized this situation as a distraction created by Trump and Congressional Republicans who are attempting to push harmful legislation aimed at cutting essential programs like Medicaid while providing tax breaks for wealthy individuals and corporations.<\/p>\n<p>Critics question how neither Biden nor his team failed to address this effectively; a written statement does little to counter accusations from Trump or Republicans regarding his leadership capabilities. A brief video message would have likely been more effective than just issuing a written response.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s focus includes federal judge appointments as well as clemency grants among thousands of executive documents needing Biden&#8217;s signature<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2443407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Joe-Biden-3.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[6598,51873,3620,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2443406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-allegation","tag-autopen","tag-biden","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Joe-Biden-3.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443406","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2443406"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2443410,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443406\/revisions\/2443410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2443407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2443406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2443406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2443406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}