{"id":11847,"date":"2025-11-17T14:15:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T14:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=11847"},"modified":"2025-11-17T14:15:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T14:15:51","slug":"trump-accused-of-using-autopen-for-latest-pardons-despite-mocking-biden-for-doing-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=11847","title":{"rendered":"Trump accused of using autopen for latest pardons despite mocking Biden for doing it"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto [content-visibility:auto] supports-[content-visibility:auto]:[contain-intrinsic-size:auto_100lvh] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:cbabbff2-0501-4074-98a7-087dc7655a49-0\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-2\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] thread-sm:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] thread-lg:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] thread-lg:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"094a4e47-e49c-4d0e-aae5-fc65348fd85e\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-1\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"74\" data-end=\"369\">Donald Trump has long accused former President Joe Biden of overusing an autopen, even calling for Biden\u2019s autopen-signed pardons to be voided. But now two forensic document experts say Trump himself used an autopen for his latest round of pardons, prompting the Justice Department to intervene.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"371\" data-end=\"723\">Trump has frequently mocked Biden for his age and health, and has repeatedly criticized his alleged reliance on the autopen. He even replaced Biden\u2019s portrait with an autopen at his \u201cPresidential Walk of Fame\u201d display. Republicans in Congress also pushed Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate, arguing that autopen use under Biden lacked oversight.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"725\" data-end=\"1188\">However, autopen use is not new\u2014past presidents, including Trump, have relied on it. Experts told the Associated Press that signatures on several pardons Trump issued on November 7 were identical, suggesting autopen use for high-profile recipients such as Darryl Strawberry, Glen Casada, and Michael McMahon. The Justice Department later corrected the documents and called the issue a \u201ctechnical error,\u201d blaming staffing shortages tied to the \u201cDemocrat shutdown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1190\" data-end=\"1508\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">A DOJ spokesperson said Trump personally signed all seven pardons, and that the website was updated to reflect unique signatures. The White House echoed this, calling the controversy a \u201cnon-story\u201d and insisting Trump signs all pardons by hand. They argued the media should focus instead on Biden\u2019s alleged autopen use.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"z-0 flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"pointer-events-none h-px w-px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-edge=\"true\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump has long accused former President Joe Biden of overusing an autopen, even calling for Biden\u2019s autopen-signed pardons to be voided. But now two forensic document experts say Trump himself used an autopen for his latest round of pardons, prompting the Justice Department to intervene. Trump has frequently mocked Biden for his age and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=11847\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Trump accused of using autopen for latest pardons despite mocking Biden for doing it&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11848,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11847"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11849,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11847\/revisions\/11849"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}