The White House unveiled a Presidential Walk of Fame today just outside the Oval Office that featured portraits of the U.
S. presidents with the exception of former US President Biden.
Photos and videos of the latest display posted by the White House staff and social media accounts showed gold frames of past presidents. But for Biden, the White House framed an image of an autopen writing Biden’s signature.
President Trump and his allies have fixated on Biden’s use of the autopen, which is a tool that can be used to sign official documents in place of a manual signature.
This has been used by presidents of both parties. But Trump and others have cited that Biden’s use of the autopen is unacceptable and therefore raised questions on this tool to sign official documents in place of a manual signature, despite the fact that it’s been used by presidents of both parties.
But Trump and others have cited Biden’s autopen use to raise queries about his cognitive abilities while in office and whether other aides were making serious decisions about pardons and other matters.
Biden, as well as other former aides, who have testified before a House Committee, have sharply pushed back on the suggestion that he was not the one making decisions while he was in the office.