A report by the Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project claims that most official documents signed by former President Joe Biden utilized identical autopen signatures, raising concerns about his awareness and mental acuity during his presidency.
“WHOEVER CONTROLLED THE AUTOPEN CONTROLLED THE PRESIDENCY,” read an X post from the Oversight Project announcing the discovery. “We gathered every document we could find with Biden’s signature over the course of his presidency. All used the same autopen signature except for the announcement that the former President was dropping out of the race last year.”
https://twitter.com/OversightPR/status/1897726502156091716
The conservative watchdog group also provided photo examples, highlighting the difference between the signature that appeared on Biden’s executive orders and the one on his withdrawal letter.
Autopen signatures, which are produced by a machine rather than written by hand, have been used by presidents dating as far back as Harry Truman, but the implications of this practice in relation to Biden’s cognitive ability are under scrutiny.
As the Oversight Project indicated in a follow-up post, this hearkens back to House Speaker Mike Johnson’s startling revelation that the former president could not recall signing an executive order pausing liquid natural gas exports, instead insisting that he had merely authorized a federal review.
https://twitter.com/OversightPR/status/1897726505297305718
Prior to the release of the report, Republican Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey suggested that this could undermine the legitimacy of Biden’s executive orders, calling for a DOJ investigation.
“I am demanding the DOJ investigate whether President Biden’s cognitive decline allowed unelected staff to push through radical policy without his knowing approval,” Bailey said.“If true, these executive orders, pardons, and all other actions are unconstitutional and legally void.”
https://twitter.com/AGAndrewBailey/status/1897388657557885403
“There are profound reasons to suspect that Biden’s staff and political allies exploited his mental decline to issue purported presidential orders without his knowing approval,” Bailey’s accompanying letter to the DOJ read.
“Speaker Johnson, for example, reported that staff and elected officials – including former Vice President Kamala Harris and former Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer – tried to prevent Johnson from meeting with Biden,” it continued. “Though presidents always have gatekeepers, in Biden’s case, the walls around him were higher and the controls greater, according to Democratic lawmakers, donors and aides who worked for Biden and other administrations. Staff limited Biden’s ability to speak with others and limited the sources of information he consumed.”
The Oversight Project emphasized that whoever controlled the autopen effectively controlled the presidency, questioning the checks in place during Biden’s term.
The report highlighted that Biden’s signature on official documents remained identical, except for a variation seen in his announcement of withdrawing from the 2024 presidential race.
Fox News and other outlets have corroborated the findings regarding the uniformity of Biden’s autopen signatures on executive orders.
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