President Trump directed his administration on Wednesday to investigate whether former President Joe Biden’s aides “conspired to deceive the public” about his mental decline and used an autopen to sign documents without his knowledge.
“In recent months, it has become increasingly apparent that former President Biden’s aides abused the power of Presidential signatures through the use of an autopen to conceal Biden’s cognitive decline and assert Article II authority,” Trump wrote in a memo to his counsel and Attorney General Pam Bondi.
“This conspiracy marks one of the most dangerous and concerning scandals in American history,” the president continued. “The American public was purposefully shielded from discovering who wielded the executive power, all while Biden’s signature was deployed across thousands of documents to effect radical policy shifts.”
Trump argued that “there are serious doubts as to the decision making process and even the degree of Biden’s awareness” of the thousands of presidential documents signed throughout his four years in office, which included pardons for his family members and acts of clemency sparing dozens of convicted murderers the death penalty.
“The Counsel to the President, in consultation with the Attorney General and the head of any other relevant executive department or agency (agency), shall investigate, to the extent permitted by law, whether certain individuals conspired to deceive the public about Biden’s mental state and unconstitutionally exercise the authorities and responsibilities of the President,” Trump ordered.
The president’s memo noted that the federal investigation will look into possible efforts “to purposefully shield the public from information regarding Biden’s mental and physical health” and “the circumstances surrounding Biden’s supposed execution of numerous executive actions during his final years in office,” including the use of autopen.
“Given clear indications that President Biden lacked the capacity to exercise his Presidential authority, if his advisors secretly used the mechanical signature pen to conceal this incapacity, while taking radical executive actions all in his name, that would constitute an unconstitutional wielding of the power of the Presidency, a circumstance that would have implications for the legality and validity of numerous executive actions undertaken in Biden’s name,” Trump wrote.
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