President Donald Trump says he's terminating all orders Biden signed with autopen
Source: ABC7
WASHINGTON, DC -- President Donald Trump said on Friday that any document signed by former President Joe Biden using an autopen "is hereby terminated."
"I am hereby cancelling all Executive Orders, and anything else that was not directly signed by Crooked Joe Biden," Trump posted on his social media platform.
It is unclear which orders Trump is referencing and how he is making those determinations. ABC News has reached out to the White House for more information.
Trump claimed that the people who "operated the Autopen did so illegally." But the Justice Department's legal counsel states that autopens are lawful for signing bills into law.
The president has repeatedly fixated on Biden's use of the autopen. In June, Trump claimed Biden aides illegally used the autopen to carry out "radical" policies and ordered the Justice Department and White House to investigate Biden's mental state when he was in office. At the time, Biden issued a statement to ABC News calling the probe "nothing more than a mere distraction."
"Let me be clear: I made the decisions during my presidency. I made the decisions about the pardons, executive orders, legislation, and proclamations. Any suggestion that I didn't is ridiculous and false," Biden said in the June statement.
Read more: https://abc7.com/post/president-donald-trump-says-hes-terminating-orders-joe-biden-signed-autopen/18223066/
Chasstev365
(6,834 posts)Harker
(17,191 posts)The Madcap
(1,633 posts)Harker
(17,191 posts)Grown2Hate
(2,202 posts)orangecrush
(27,711 posts)Harker
(17,191 posts)It's a natural reaction, I think.
MyOwnPeace
(17,425 posts)THESE are the ones he should hear
FUCK YOU!!!!!!
bucolic_frolic
(53,470 posts)It's grasping at straws for a disintegrating and damaged ego
LetMyPeopleVote
(173,257 posts)enough
(13,676 posts)tolerate his disrespect?
LetMyPeopleVote
(173,257 posts)trump uses the autopen for his pardons and other documents. trump has no power to void any of President Biden's orders or pardons
Why Trump Canât âVoidâ Bidenâs Pardons Because of Autopen
— Tara O'Grady (@taraogrady.bsky.social) 2025-03-18T10:56:51.188Z
Trump signaled that he intends to nullify all
presidential pardonsâissued by Biden
time.com/7268902/trum...
https://time.com/7268902/trump-void-bidens-pardon-autopen/
Autopen is an electronic signature that allows individuals to sign a document without physically being there. The signature mimics a handwritten signature, but is done by a computer. A vast number of statutes and other documents have been signed by autopen, experts say. For instance, former President Barack Obama signed a national security measure via autopen while he was in France. Meyler says that if presidential pardons were to be invalidated because of an autopen signature, that could bring into question other policies that were signed by such measures. When so much is being automated and put online, requiring some literalness in the signature really would be a step backwards," she says.
A 2005 guidance from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) noted that a President does not need to personally perform the physical act of affixing his signature to a bill he approves and decides to sign in order for the bill to become law. Rather, the President may sign a bill within the meaning of Article I, Section 7 by directing a subordinate to affix the Presidents signature to such a bill, for example by autopen.
Jeffrey Crouch, a professor at American University, told Axios that pardons are final so long as they are valid......
If Trump were to try to prosecute someone who received a presidential pardon, experts say the case would likely go to courts, where Trumps actions are unlikely to stand. I can't imagine the court saying that it wasn't a valid pardon because of the autopen issue, says Meyler. Biden made statements regarding these pardons, so it would be hard to show that they weren't a decision of the President.
Bayard
(28,007 posts)There is no way trump has signed all of his pardons and executive orders himself, although I'm betting Miller has gotten pretty good at forging his signature.
He hates Presidents Biden and Obama, more than he loves anything--if he was even capable of that emotion. He just vomits up, "The World According To trump", and thinks that makes whatever he wants, true.
mahina
(20,206 posts)sinkingfeeling
(56,868 posts)yaesu
(8,840 posts)Attilatheblond
(7,919 posts)Women's History Month
Black History Month
Anything Biden signed
What's next? We know he and Sick Puppy Stephen Miller want the Bill of Rights & Constitution gone, along with courts that won't rubber stamp their fascist crap.
RockCreek
(1,201 posts)That would be par for him and the toe-jam in this administration.
FloridaBlues
(4,639 posts)ColoringFool
(134 posts)Projection.
Gregory1230
(77 posts)I would like to add for Trump Defense Syndrome (TDefS) which worse than BDS because TDefS is more serious. I sometimes I inform any MAGA supporters explaining they have TDefS and needs to get professional help or/and nuthouse. I typed TDefS to avoid confusing for original TDS. Anyway that syndrome is very serious mental disorder. 😂👍😀
BidenRocks
(2,576 posts)Sorry Chump!
Not sorry!
Die Soon!
duckworth969
(1,018 posts)Miller, Cheung, Vought, et al. Theyre not the brain trust, theyre co-president(s).
Hell, Chumpkin is probably dead. The only reason it seems like hes talking is because Bannon has his hand up his ass.
pansypoo53219
(22,779 posts)WestMichRad
(2,829 posts)The official motto of the Shitstain administration.
JohnnyRingo
(20,317 posts)As in if he can get away with this he can end or enact laws unilaterally. He'll say the same of Obama.
I'm no lawyer, but I don't see how this will pass the 1st court.
LetMyPeopleVote
(173,257 posts)Link to tweet
?s=20
popsdenver
(1,158 posts)is that the best you got,................ mr poopy pants??????????
Joinfortmill
(19,669 posts)He needs to be impeached, and soon.
Norrrm
(3,564 posts)Blames it on "technical errors".
What technical error could put the wrong signature on a document?
BattleRow
(2,057 posts)LaRaven
(215 posts)He has no idea what he signs - just likes put his signature on paper. Hes also just a media whore that wanted to stay out of jail.
GreenWave
(12,093 posts)Quanta
(264 posts)You know this demented fuck is just dying to get fitted with his own red cloak with obnoxious fur collar.
Hugin
(37,197 posts)
Trump claimed Biden aides illegally used the autopen to carry out "radical" policies
I am going to suppose that theres a scandal here that someday we may learn about. President Miller? Patel? Shady? Suzi Wiles? All of those?
Ultimately, Trump is going to try to use it as an out. Like to claim that he never signed the law to release the Epstein Files, for instance.