{"id":2461997,"date":"2025-07-15T14:40:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T18:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-is-still-not-in-control\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T14:42:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T18:42:17","slug":"biden-is-still-not-in-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-is-still-not-in-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Is Still Not In Control"},"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\">12<\/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-is-still-not-in-control%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=2461997&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>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-issues-multiple-corrections-for-article-falsely-claiming-900000-u-s-children-have-been-hospitalized-for-covid-19-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"New ... Issues Multiple Corrections For Article Falsely Claiming 900,000 U.S. Children Have Been Hospitalized For COVID-19 During Pandemic\">article discusses<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-as-biden-faces-doubts-over-mental-fitness-says-shes-ready-to-be-president\/\" title=\"Harris asserts readiness for presidency amid ...s mental fitness concerns\">recent interview published<\/a> by The New York Times with former President Joe Biden,focusing on his use of an autopen too <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-must-use-every-tool-it-has-to-expose-dementiagate\/\" title=\"Congress Must Use Every Tool It Has To Expose DementiaGate\">sign presidential pardons<\/a> near the end of his term. It highlights concerns about Biden&#8217;s mental and physical decline during that period, suggesting he was not fully in control of his presidency. The piece critiques the interview as scripted and coached, aimed at legally protecting Biden and his staff amid ongoing investigations into controversial last-minute pardons, some granted to individuals not charged with any crimes. Repeated statements by Biden emphasizing that he made all decisions personally are portrayed as rehearsed attempts to assert obligation. the article argues that Biden&#8217;s presidency-and the way it ended-lacked transparency and genuine control, continuing to be managed by others rather than by Biden himself.  <\/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<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/whitehouse46\/51032564033\/in\/photostream\/\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Schultz\/White House\/Flickr<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/15\/biden-is-still-not-in-control\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Biden%20Is%20Still%20Not%20In%20Control&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/15\/biden-is-still-not-in-control\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Biden%20Is%20Still%20Not%20In%20Control&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/15\/biden-is-still-not-in-control\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/15\/biden-is-still-not-in-control\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Biden%20Is%20Still%20Not%20In%20Control&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/15\/biden-is-still-not-in-control\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Whatever sense of transparency The New York Times and Joe Biden&rsquo;s team were aiming for with that recent interview about his <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/15\/media-mocked-doubts-about-bidens-autopen-a-new-nyt-report-just-confirmed-them\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">use of an autopen<\/a> as president, I&rsquo;m not sure they realize just <em>how<\/em> transparent it actually was.<\/p>\n<p>Times reporter Charlie Savage on Sunday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/07\/13\/us\/politics\/biden-clemency-interview.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">published<\/a> what the paper said were excerpts of a 10-minute-long interview with the former president, mostly regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/20\/biden-shatters-democrats-sacred-norms-to-turn-pardons-into-get-out-of-jail-free-cards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a slew of scandalous, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >11th-hour pardons<\/a><\/a> he issued before exiting office, and his alleged authorization of his staff to use an autopen to sign off on those pardons. It&rsquo;s enough that Biden would have independently felt the need to explain this almost six months after leaving office, but the entire transcript &mdash;&nbsp;or, at least what The Times decided to publish of it &mdash;&nbsp;reads like he was coached by some very nervous people to say some very specific things in the hope that it might shield them from looming legal jeopardy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-616766653\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>That&rsquo;s of course almost certainly what happened. The circumstances under which Biden, by his own admission, allowed the use of <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/14\/staff-used-autopen-to-change-pardons-after-biden-allegedly-approved-them\/\">a machine<\/a> to sign presidential directives are highly suspect. His most controversial pardons came after his party lost the 2024 election, and that was after Biden was forced to abandon his campaign because his mental and physical decline were <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/15\/biden-was-never-fit-for-office-to-begin-with\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">no longer deniable<\/a> by even his most craven allies.<\/p>\n<p>The public record so far holds that what took place as Biden&rsquo;s health was in a free fall was the takeover of a president&rsquo;s authority to sign last-minute pardons for hundreds of people. That included preemptive pardons for prominent individuals who had neither been investigated nor charged with any crimes. Biden can say now that he delegated that authority to his staff, but it&rsquo;s unclear whether that&rsquo;s permissible for a president who, in all likelihood, was not fully cognizant.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s obvious that in light of current House and Justice Department investigations of these events, he was compelled, in one way or another, to publicly state, over and over, that the decisions made were his.<\/p>\n<p>From the Times transcript:<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; &ldquo;I made every single one of those.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; &ldquo;[Y]es, I made every decision.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; &ldquo;I consciously made all those decisions, among others.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; &ldquo;I was deeply involved.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; &ldquo;I laid out a strategy how I want to go about these, dealing with pardons and commutations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; &ldquo;I was proud I ran the process I ran.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t make this decision quickly. I made it thoroughly and after significant discussion.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>These are the repetitions of Biden over a period of just 10 minutes, according to The Times. It&rsquo;s the type of thing that could easily and far more appropriately be stated in a press release. But isn&rsquo;t it more reassuring to say they were relayed in an &ldquo;interview,&rdquo; which carries the suggestion that it was an extemporaneous and engaging conversation? Isn&rsquo;t it what you might have requested from the former president if, like so many of his staff, you were <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/15\/oversight-committee-member-calls-for-more-subpoenas-as-biden-aides-lawyer-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">under subpoena<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>None of it reads authentically, and therein lies the irony: So much of Biden&rsquo;s presidency, particularly the final year of it, was unreal, and everyone could tell we were being lied to. That the Biden saga continues to feel like a major production requiring the manpower of countless other individuals is exactly what everyone expects.<\/p>\n<p>He wasn&rsquo;t in control of his presidency, and he&rsquo;s not in control now.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Eddie Scarry is the D.C. columnist at The Federalist and author of &#8220;<a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.com\/Liberal-Misery-Hateful-Everything-Everyone\/dp\/1637584350\">Liberal Misery: How the Hateful Left Sucks Joy Out of Everything and Everyone<\/a>.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-30 bdr-top-bold-black\">\n<div class=\"row g-0 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"article-author-profile d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center justify-content-md-start\">\n<div class=\"article-author-details\">\n<div class=\"label-md\">Eddie Scarry<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author-twitter label-sm 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