Trump Terminates 92 Biden Orders Signed by Autopen
President Donald Trump announced on Friday via a post on Truth Social that he is terminating approximately 92 executive orders and other documents signed by his predecessor, Joe Biden, using an autopen signature machine. Trump described the use of the device as illegal and unauthorized, asserting that Biden's aides operated it without his involvement.
In the post, Trump stated, "Any document signed by Sleepy Joe Biden with the Autopen, which was approximately 92 of them, is hereby terminated, and of no further force or effect." He further claimed that "the Radical Left Lunatics circling Biden around the beautiful Resolute Desk in the Oval Office took the Presidency away from him" by employing the autopen without presidential approval. Trump added that Biden was not involved in the process and warned that any denial by the former president could lead to perjury charges.
The autopen is a mechanical device that replicates a person's handwritten signature by guiding a pen along a stored template, allowing it to produce ink signatures on documents. It has been a common tool in the White House for decades, used by presidents to handle large volumes of correspondence and some official...