Donald Trump has declared Joe Biden\u2019s final presidential pardons \u201cvoid,\u201d claiming they were signed via autopen without Biden\u2019s knowledge. The controversial move targets pardons granted to January 6 investigators, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Biden\u2019s family members, and indigenous activist Leonard Peltier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump alleged on Truth Social that Biden \u201cdid not know anything about\u201d the pardons, calling them an \u201cattack on America\u2019s justice system.\u201d He suggested those pardoned could now face investigations, particularly January 6 committee members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Biden admitted in a New York Times interview that while he authorized the pardons, he didn\u2019t personally review every name. \u201cI made every decision,\u201d he stated, explaining autopen was used due to the large volume (nearly 4,000 commutations).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The White House has launched a review into whether Biden was \u201ccompetent\u201d during these decisions. Anti-weaponization chief Ed Martin is examining if others exploited Biden through autopen use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Legal experts debate Trump\u2019s authority to revoke pardons. Biden\u2019s team maintains the categorical pardons were constitutional, with clemency standards set by the president himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The dispute highlights ongoing tensions between the administrations. Trump framed the pardons as politically motivated, while Biden portrayed them as justice reforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the White House probe continues, the controversy raises questions about presidential authority and the legitimacy of autopen use for significant executive actions. Both sides are digging in, ensuring this battle will extend through the election season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Donald Trump has declared Joe Biden\u2019s final presidential pardons \u201cvoid,\u201d claiming they were signed via autopen without Biden\u2019s knowledge. The controversial move targets pardons granted to January 6 investigators, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Biden\u2019s family members, and indigenous activist Leonard Peltier. Trump alleged on Truth Social that Biden \u201cdid not know anything about\u201d the pardons, calling…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=573"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":575,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573\/revisions\/575"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}