{"id":2507172,"date":"2025-11-05T16:09:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T21:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-majority-of-americans-want-prosecutions-in-autopen-scandal\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T16:11:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T21:11:27","slug":"poll-majority-of-americans-want-prosecutions-in-autopen-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-majority-of-americans-want-prosecutions-in-autopen-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Majority Of Americans Want Prosecutions In Autopen Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fpoll-majority-of-americans-want-prosecutions-in-autopen-scandal%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=2507172&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 article discusses the Biden autopen scandal, focusing on calls for accountability and prosecution of those involved. Mike Howell, lead investigator, states that examination alone is insufficient and emphasizes the need for legal action. A Rasmussen poll shows that 52% of likely voters support criminal prosecutions for Biden aides connected to the unauthorized use of the autopen to sign documents.The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released a report detailing evidence of President Biden&#8217;s diminished cognitive and physical capabilities and an attempted cover-up by his inner circle, declaring executive actions signed via autopen without explicit presidential approval as void. Representative James Comer, chair of the committee, urged the Justice Department to investigate and prosecute key aides. Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed that a DOJ review is underway and pledged accountability. Despite ongoing investigations, no prosecutions have been initiated yet. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >article notes widespread public skepticism<\/a> about the legitimacy of documents signed by autopen without Biden&#8217;s knowledge, contrasting with the Biden administration&#8217;s denial of wrongdoing. Howell argues that while autopen use is not unprecedented, it was never intended to replace the president&#8217;s involvement, which allegedly occured during Biden&#8217;s tenure.  <\/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>\n<p>Mike Howell, a leading investigator in the Biden autopen scandal, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/30\/biden-autopen-investigator-playtime-is-over-its-time-to-prosecute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told <\/a>The Federalist last week that &ldquo;investigating is no longer good enough. We need accountability.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A majority of Americans agree, according to a new Rasmussen Reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/politics\/trump_administration_second_term\/biden_autopen_scandal_52_want_prosecutions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">poll<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The national telephone and online survey of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/politics\/questions\/questions\/november_2025\/questions_autopen_october_28_30_2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1,157<\/a> likely voters finds 52 percent of respondents believe former President Joe Biden&rsquo;s aides tied to the suspect use of the autopen should be criminally prosecuted. Less than a third of voters (32 percent) disagree, while 17 percent of those surveyed said they are not sure whether prosecutions are in order. The survey was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/politics\/questions\/questions\/november_2025\/questions_autopen_october_28_30_2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">conducted<\/a> Oct. 28-30.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Last week&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/The-Biden-Autopen-Presidency-Decline-Delusion-and-Deception-in-the-White-House-2025.10.24.pdf-UPDATED-Oct.-28.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a> from the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/30\/biden-autopen-investigator-playtime-is-over-its-time-to-prosecute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">provides<\/a> copious evidence of the former president&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-autopen-investigator-its-time-to-prosecute\/\" title=\"Biden ... Investigator: It&#039;s Time To Prosecute\">incredibly shrinking cognitive<\/a> and physical abilities, his &ldquo;inner circle of loyalists attempting to mislead the nation to ignore what people&rsquo;s eyes plainly showed them,&rdquo; and the constitutional crisis his decline and the cover-up created.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the committee report <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/28\/oversight-committee-urges-doj-to-probe-and-void-pardons-signed-by-bidens-autopen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">concluded<\/a> that all of Biden&rsquo;s executive actions signed by the autopen &ldquo;without proper, corresponding, contemporaneous, written approval traceable to the president&rsquo;s own consent&rdquo; are &ldquo;void.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Who will make the executive actions null and void remains to be seen.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>&lsquo;Should Be Prosecuted&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., chair of the Oversight Committee, <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/release\/oversight-committee-releases-report-on-the-biden-autopen-presidency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">asked<\/a> the Department of Justice to &ldquo;conduct a comprehensive review of all executive actions taken during the Biden presidency and scrutinize key Biden aides &mdash; Dr. Kevin O&rsquo;Connor, Annie Tomasini, and Anthony Bernal &mdash; who pleaded the Fifth Amendment during the investigation.&rdquo; Attorney General Pam Bondi replied that her &ldquo;team has already initiated a review of the Biden administration&rsquo;s reported use of autopen for pardons.&rdquo; She promised accountability to the American people.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My team has already initiated a review of the Biden administration&rsquo;s reported use of autopen for pardons.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJamesComer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepJamesComer<\/a>&rsquo;s new information is extremely helpful, and his leadership on this issue is invaluable. We&rsquo;ll continue working with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOPoversight?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GOPoversight<\/a> to deliver accountability&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AGPamBondi\/status\/1983203901672218966?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Howell, president of the <a href=\"https:\/\/itsyourgov.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Oversight Project<\/a> &mdash; the government watchdog that took the lead in investigating troubling signs that Biden was unaware of many of the unprecedented number of executive orders, pardons, commutations, and proclamations signed by autopen &mdash; said review time is over. It&rsquo;s time for prosecutions. Until then, Howell said, those who still believe in foundational principles and abhor the unconstitutional idea of a presidency by committee are a long way from victory.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Victory happens when accountability happens,&rdquo; he said on a recent edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/episode\/accountability-for-the-autopen-presidency--68352822\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>The Federalist Radio Hour<\/em> podcast.<\/a> &ldquo;The people who have the no-good pardons should be federally prosecuted. And the people who implemented the scheme of forgery and lying should also be prosecuted.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>So far, there&rsquo;s been no rush to accountability &mdash; from congressional Republicans or at Bondi&rsquo;s Department of Justice &mdash; in the autopen scandal. Fox News did <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/biden-autopen-investigation-heated-doj-144213894.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACPBkzz7u6VAbY4yziI3FOLdxoCe3cqeXN1W6mS7906VQQ2HZvAzB-f743xCOBXXxljoL9JCsvF48Es046vrP9KrtMLZwLFE5pUfAIMyI82CZzZIRhWDtHxeiPKQChzM550u_9nfJmqvUFPVxjBsgQ_5G7HtIFtynBm_QTtuqVDI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a> last week that a source familiar with the DOJ&rsquo;s review said &ldquo;it looks like the investigation has heated up in recent weeks and it appears there&rsquo;s a focus in Delaware as well as Washington, D.C.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>We&rsquo;ll see.<\/p>\n<p>Here&rsquo;s something that should steel some spines.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Rasmussen poll found 55 percent of likely U.S. voters &ldquo;consider it likely that, when Biden was president, members of his White House staff used the autopen to sign documents without Biden&rsquo;s knowledge.&rdquo; <em>Fifty-five percent!<\/em> That&rsquo;s with corporate media doing everything it can to ignore the scandal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A Biden spokesman called the allegations &ldquo;baseless.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This investigation into baseless claims has confirmed what has been clear from the start: President Biden made the decisions of his presidency. There was no conspiracy, no cover-up, and no wrongdoing,&rdquo; the official told multiple media outlets.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Howell said the left&rsquo;s claims that presidents have used the autopen since the technology became available is disingenuous at best.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The autopen was designed as a tool for executive convenience &hellip; not as a tool to basically replace the president. And that&rsquo;s what happened in the Biden years,&rdquo; Howell told The Federalist. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Matt Kittle is a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist. An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-knew-100-percent-he-was-fighting-for-the-little-guy-former-top-trump-economic-adviser\/\" title=\"Trump Knew \u2018100 Percent\u2019 He Was \u2018Fighting for the Little Guy\u2019: Former Top Trump Economic Adviser\">award-winning investigative reporter<\/a> and 30-year veteran of print, broadcast, and online journalism, Kittle previously served as the executive director of Empower Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Howell says investigation isn&#8217;t enough; accountability needed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":656,"featured_media":2507173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-05-at-1.59.18-PM-1024x578.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3884,50878,10951],"class_list":["post-2507172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-americans","tag-poll-2","tag-prosecutions"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-05-at-1.59.18-PM-1024x578.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507172","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\/656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2507172"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2507176,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507172\/revisions\/2507176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2507173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2507172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2507172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2507172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}