President Donald Trump escalated his campaign to dismantle the Biden administration’s record on Tuesday, issuing a new directive declaring all pardons, commutations, and government contracts signed by “Autopen” to be null and void.
The announcement on Truth Social broadens the scope of Friday’s initial declaration and drew immediate support from House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), who characterized the move as a necessary corrective to “one of the biggest political scandals in U.S. history.”
“Any and all Documents, Proclamations, Executive Orders, Memorandums, or Contracts, signed by Order of the now infamous and unauthorized ‘AUTOPEN’… are hereby null, void, and of no further force or effect,” Trump wrote Tuesday.
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The President issued a specific warning regarding clemency measures granted by his predecessor, stating that anyone holding a pardon or commutation signed by the mechanical device should consider it “fully and completely terminated.”
Chairman Comer applauded the aggressive steps, arguing that the invalidation of these documents is the natural conclusion to his committee’s recent investigation into the Biden White House.
“I applaud President Trump for deeming President Biden’s autopen actions null and void,” Comer said. “As Americans witnessed President Biden’s decline with their own eyes, Biden’s inner circle sought to deceive the public… and take unauthorized executive actions using the autopen—actions that are now invalid.”
The controversy centers on a House Oversight staff report released last month, titled “The Biden Autopen Presidency: Decline, Delusion, and Deception in the White House.” The report alleges that as the former President’s health deteriorated, top advisors—including Dr. Kevin O’Connor and Deputy Chief of Staff Annie Tomasini—exercised executive authority without Biden’s direct oversight, utilizing the autopen to finalize decisions.
President Trump’s Tuesday order follows a similar post from Friday, in which he estimated that 92% of documents from the Biden era were signed via autopen and are therefore terminated.
“The House Oversight Committee delivered crucial transparency, and now President Trump and his administration are delivering accountability,” Comer added.
Following the committee’s findings, Comer formally requested that U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi launch a Department of Justice review of all executive actions taken during the Biden presidency. The Chairman is also seeking scrutiny of key aides who pleaded the Fifth Amendment during the investigation, as well as a review by the D.C. Board of Medicine into Dr. O’Connor’s conduct.
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