Trump’s Bid to Void Biden Pardons Over Autopen Faces Legal Rejection
Legal experts dismiss Trump’s claim that Biden’s final-hour pardons are invalid, emphasizing the constitutionality of autopen use and presidential clemency powers.
- Donald Trump declared Joe Biden’s last-minute pardons void, claiming they were signed using an autopen without Biden’s awareness.
- Biden’s pardons included family members, Dr. Anthony Fauci, General Mark Milley, and January 6 Committee members, aimed at shielding them from potential prosecutions.
- Legal experts widely affirm that autopen signatures are constitutionally valid for presidential actions, including pardons, citing decades of precedent.
- The U.S. Constitution grants presidents broad and final clemency powers, with no provision for a successor to overturn pardons.
- Trump suggested the courts should decide the validity of the pardons, but legal scholars deem his arguments baseless and unlikely to succeed.
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