{"id":2511428,"date":"2025-11-17T11:24:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T16:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-assistant-who-was-in-the-room-at-the-time-shreds-aps-fake-news-story-suggesting-autopen-usage\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T11:27:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T16:27:47","slug":"trumps-assistant-who-was-in-the-room-at-the-time-shreds-aps-fake-news-story-suggesting-autopen-usage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-assistant-who-was-in-the-room-at-the-time-shreds-aps-fake-news-story-suggesting-autopen-usage\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s Assistant Who Was in the Room at the Time Shreds AP&#8217;s &#8216;Fake News&#8217; Story Suggesting Autopen Usage"},"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\">36<\/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%2Ftrumps-assistant-who-was-in-the-room-at-the-time-shreds-aps-fake-news-story-suggesting-autopen-usage%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=2511428&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 criticizes The Associated Press (AP) for creating a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/matt-schlapps-cpac-group-took-over-180k-from-progressive-dark-money-fund\/\" title=\"Matt Schl...p\u2019s CPAC Group Took Over 0k From Progressive Dark Money Fund\">false controversy<\/a> by accusing former President Donald Trump of using an autopen-a machine that replicates signatures-to sign several presidential pardons on November 7. The AP claimed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watchdog-examines-bidens-signature-proves-same-autopen-signature-used-in-signing-orders-fox-news-confirms\/\" title=\"Watchdog Examines ...s ...ature, Proves Same Autopen ...ature Used in ...ing Orders - Fox News Confirms\">identical signatures<\/a> indicated the pardons were not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-judicial-watchs-tom-fitton-slams-dr-faucis-ugly-covid-scandal-that-deserves-skepticism\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Judicial Watch\u2019s Tom Fitton Slams Dr. Fauci\u2019s \u2018Ugly\u2019 COVID \u2018Scandal\u2019 That Deserves \u2018Skepticism\u2019\">personally signed<\/a> by Trump.Though, Trump&#8217;s aide Will Scharf denied the allegations, affirming that Trump personally signed the pardons. A Justice Department spokesperson explained that the duplicate signatures cited by the AP resulted from a technical error during document handling.<\/p>\n<p>The article contrasts this with the Biden governance&#8217;s documented extensive use of an autopen to sign thousands of pardons and executive orders, allegedly to mask President Joe Biden&#8217;s declining mental capacity. It highlights reports and investigations revealing that over half of Biden&#8217;s pardons were autopen-signed, pointing to a broader scandal ignored or downplayed by the media. The piece concludes that the AP&#8217;s attempt to manufacture scandal over Trump&#8217;s pardons is hypocritical and politically motivated, especially given their previous coverage protecting Biden.  <\/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><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press inadvertently dunked on itself and spotlighted its shameless hypocrisy by manufacturing a sham autopen controversy involving President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The clown show unfolded Friday, after the left-wing outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-pardon-biden-justice-department-ed-martin-d525b1911534a40f70394fddf396acc1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published<\/a> a story claiming Trump&rsquo;s Nov. 7 presidential pardons were done via an &ldquo;autopen,&rdquo; and were not personally signed.<\/p>\n<p>According to the AP, two handwriting experts claimed Trump&rsquo;s signature on several of his Nov. 7 pardons were identical.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Within hours of the online speculation, the administration replaced copies of the pardons with new ones that did not feature identical signatures,&rdquo; the AP reported.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The questions about Trump&rsquo;s signature come amid a new flurry of clemency and weeks after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/citizens-gather-in-washington-d-c-for-save-america-rally\/\" title=\"Citizens gather in Washington, D.C. for \u2018Save America Rally\u2019\">president claimed<\/a> to not even know Changpeng Zhao, a crypto billionaire he pardoned last month.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>  <script> console.log(\"A\/B Test Video Player\"); \/\/ Helper function to set a cookie function setVideoCookie(name, value, days) {     var expires=\"\";     if (days) {         var date=new Date();         date.setTime(date.getTime() + (days*24*60*60*1000)); 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    stnPlayer(); } <\/script> <\/p>\n<p>As a reminder, the Biden administration has been lambasted for allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-provides-update-autopen-scandal-just-gotten-worse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">using an autopen<\/a> &mdash; a mechanical device that replicated his signature &mdash; to authorize thousands of presidential pardons and executive orders without his consent, in order to cover up the octogenarian&rsquo;s mental incapacity.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING &ndash; It&rsquo;s been revealed that by day five of Joe Biden&rsquo;s presidency, the autopen had already begun being used, and by 2022 it was almost exclusively used for all pardons and executive actions, with zero record of Biden&rsquo;s personal approval found. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RekaX2wCFw\">pic.twitter.com\/RekaX2wCFw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rightanglenews\/status\/1983526817253224856?\">October 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In a petty, tit-for-tat characteristic of the political left, the AP accused Trump aides of using an autopen for his Nov. 7 pardons.<\/p>\n<p>This copycat faux scandal was perpetrated to mock Trump for criticizing the Biden administration&rsquo;s apparent, rampant use of the autopen to hide Biden&rsquo;s compromised mental faculties.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Trump aide Will Scharf fired back, torching the AP report as &ldquo;100% fake news.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump signed eight of the nine pardons at issue by hand in my presence,&rdquo; Scharf wrote on X. &ldquo;He hand-signed the ninth in the presence of a member of my team and others.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t autopen pardons in this Administration,&rdquo; he underscored.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is 100% fake news.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump signed eight of the nine pardons at issue by hand in my presence. He hand-signed the ninth in the presence of a member of my team and others.<\/p>\n<p>We don&rsquo;t autopen pardons in this Administration. That&rsquo;s the story. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3f3swD3tzu\">https:\/\/t.co\/3f3swD3tzu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Will Scharf (@willscharf) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/willscharf\/status\/1990224121154969616?\">November 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Chad Gilmartin, a Justice Department spokesman, said the identical Trump signatures spotlighted by the AP were due to &ldquo;a technical error where one of the signatures President Trump personally signed was <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >mistakenly uploaded multiple times due<\/a> to staffing issues caused by the Democrat shutdown.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-admin-root-500k-snap-fraudsters-forcing-recipients-reapply\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> personally signs each pardon by hand.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson also steamrolled the corporate media for hyperventilating over several alleged auto-penned pardons while ignoring the Biden administration&rsquo;s apparent, years-long use of the autopen.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The media should spend their time investigating Joe Biden&rsquo;s countless auto penned pardons, not covering a non-story,&rdquo; Jackson told the AP.<\/p>\n<p>There are several absurdities spotlighted by the AP&rsquo;s disingenuous pearl-clutching.<\/p>\n<p>First, it&rsquo;s not at all shocking that Trump wouldn&rsquo;t recall who &ldquo;Changpeng Zhao&rdquo; is when asked about it off-hand.<\/p>\n<p>Even many Asians would be stumped when asked who &ldquo;Changpeng Zhao&rdquo; is, since he&rsquo;s commonly known &ldquo;CZ,&rdquo; or as the former CEO of Binance.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Binance CEO, Changpeng Zhao talks about his company&rsquo;s first acquisition and future plans: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YFOFsYB9Vg\">https:\/\/t.co\/YFOFsYB9Vg<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YoavVilner?\">@YoavVilner<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0Lp9J8HD8u\">pic.twitter.com\/0Lp9J8HD8u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Forbes Crypto (@ForbesCrypto) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ForbesCrypto\/status\/1025010463011160064?\">August 2, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>For the sake of argument, even if nine Trump pardons had been autopenned, that&rsquo;s a drop in the bucket compared to the mountain of autopenned pardons by Biden.<\/p>\n<p>During his tenure, Biden issued a record 4,245 pardons and commutations, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2025\/02\/07\/biden-granted-more-acts-of-clemency-than-any-prior-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pew Research<\/a> data.<\/p>\n<p>Of those, more than 50 percent were signed using an autopen, based on an analysis by the <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.heritage.org\/Autopen_Memorandum_(Final).pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heritage Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A damning, <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/release\/oversight-committee-releases-report-on-the-biden-autopen-presidency\/?highlight=Biden%20Autopen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">100-page report<\/a> released on Oct. 28 by the House Oversight Committee exposed how Biden aides exercised presidential authority &mdash; without his consent &mdash; in order to cover up his alleged senility.<\/p>\n<p>In Trump&rsquo;s case, no one is alleging that his aides used an autopen on Nov. 7 (that&rsquo;s one day of his tenure) without his authorization to cover up a mental decline.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that the left-wing AP is trying to manufacture a scandal from a supposed one-day lapse underscores how grossly negligent and biased the outlet was when running cover for Biden for four straight years.<\/p>\n<p>So spare us the faux outrage at this fake scandal.<\/p>\n<p>No one&rsquo;s buying it.<\/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; 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On Friday, the left-leaning news agency published a story alleging that Trump&#8217;s signatures on several pardons were identical and not personally signed. The AP cited two handwriting experts who claimed the signatures matched exactly. Shortly after, the administration replaced those documents with new ones featuring different signatures. This accusation came as Trump criticized the Biden administration for allegedly using an autopen extensively to sign thousands of pardons and executive orders without his direct approval, supposedly to conceal mental decline.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Trump aide Will Scharf called the AP report &#8220;100% fake news,&#8221; stating that Trump personally signed eight of the nine pardons in question and hand-signed the ninth in front of team members. Justice Department spokesman Chad Gilmartin explained that identical signatures resulted from a technical error where one signature was mistakenly uploaded multiple times due to staffing issues caused by a government shutdown. White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson emphasized that Trump signs each pardon by hand and criticized media for focusing on this non-issue instead of investigating Biden&#8217;s widespread use of an autopen.<\/p>\n<p>The AP&#8217;s attempt to manufacture outrage over one day&#8217;s worth of alleged autopen use pales compared to Biden&#8217;s record number of autopenned pardons-over half during his term-according to research groups and congressional reports suggesting aides acted without Biden&#8217;s consent amid concerns about his mental fitness.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, this episode highlights how biased coverage can distort facts: while Biden faces serious questions about autopen usage over years, the AP tried-and failed-to create scandal around a single day involving Trump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2511429,"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\/11\/GettyImages-2198935406.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50842,51873,34247,3634],"class_list":["post-2511428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ap-2","tag-autopen","tag-fake-news","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2198935406.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511428","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=2511428"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2511432,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511428\/revisions\/2511432"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2511429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2511428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2511428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2511428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}