The Biden Autopen Conspiracy

Who approved the Biden administration’s 11th-hour clemency decisions and authorized use of the autopen? Because it certainly wasn’t Biden.

AP, MSNBC, and CNN fell over themselves to brand Trump and anyone who questioned the use of autopens in Biden’s final weeks as conspiracy theorists. Now the NY Times reports this bombshell: “Mr. Biden did not individually approve each name for the categorical pardons that applied to large numbers of people, he and aides confirmed.

or weeks the propaganda press has painted President Donald Trump and others as conspiracy theorists for suggesting that a secret cabal of unelected White House aides were using the autopen without President Joe Biden’s final authorization.(read more)

BREAKING: @JoeBiden admits he never personally signed-off on autopen pardons written in his name.

If true, they should be IMMEDIATELY INVALIDATED.

This is the biggest scandal in US history.
These staffers must be held accountable.
This cannot happen again.
And WE NEED ANSWERS. pic.twitter.com/FS8dMM8JLE

— Congressman Byron Donalds (@RepDonaldsPress) July 14, 2025

Joe Biden’s January 19th “pardons” were all identical. NYT just confirmed that his staff authorized the use of autopen for them.

Fauci, Milley, J6 Committee, etc. pic.twitter.com/plt6Tjvw28

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) July 14, 2025

Autopen pardons = null and void. pic.twitter.com/IAD5CcJzhS

— Catturd (@catturd2) July 14, 2025

They knew what they did and they knew it was criminal.

The New York Times’ story on the Biden autopen scandal raises more questions — and urgency for investigators to secure testimony.

The New York Times’ latest piece attempting to help former President Joe Biden and his administration off the hook in the growing autopen scandal is having the opposite effect. If anything, the Biden apologists raised a lot more questions about just who was in control of the White House — and the thousands of presidential clemency decisions issued in the waning days of Biden’s disastrous term.

Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., who serves as chairman of the Oversight Committee, said the Times’ story “confirms Biden White House staff took executive action without the President’s approval.”

“The House Oversight Committee will continue pursuing answers about this historic scandal to prevent such an abuse from happening again,” Comer said in a statement to The Federalist. Whether the ongoing investigations will include further subpoenas wasn’t clear.

Anthony Bernal, former Biden assistant and senior adviser to First Lady Jill Biden, is scheduled to sit for a committee deposition on Wednesday. Bernal failed to show up for a voluntary interview last month. His failure earned him a subpoena to compel his testimony.

Biden’s White House physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, who has claimed in his medical evaluations that Biden was up to the job, also was issued a subpoena to appear. He finally showed up last week but did not answer a single question, citing his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and doctor-patient privilege.

“It’s clear there was a conspiracy to cover up President Biden’s cognitive decline after Dr. Kevin O’Connor, Biden’s physician and family business associate, refused to answer any questions and chose to hide behind the Fifth Amendment,” Comer said in a statement. “The American people demand transparency, but Dr. O’Connor would rather conceal the truth.”

Fauci was pardoned in the dead of night by autopen.

The use of autopen was approved by a White House aide — NYT pic.twitter.com/MZ4fRYYF9q

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) July 14, 2025

Doug Ross writes:

The revelations uncovered thus far in the Biden autopen scandal are just the tip of a Constitution-sized iceberg.

The American people demand – and deserve – full transparency and accountability: who the hell was operating the autopen and signing these pardons and other controversial documents?

The Federalist:

‘I Approve the Use of the Autopen’

The man at the center of the late-term autopen bonanza has been reluctant in the past to answer questions. Jeffrey Zients, Biden’s chief of staff, was a point man for many of the reported discussions, including the midnight pardons of accused pandemic criminal Dr. Anthony Fauci,  Gen. Mark Milley, and members of the House committee that held the political show trial on the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot. The Times reported that “Biden kept his aides up until nearly 10 p.m.” to talk through last-minute pardon decisions, or at least so sayeth “people familiar with the matter.” The octogenarian president who routinely nodded off during the day was not known to keep such late hours.

On that night, Zients hit “reply all” before writing, “I approve the use of the autopen for the execution of all of the following pardons,” according to the news outlet.

Exactly what Zients knows remains closed to federal investigators. In February, Martin, who at the time served as interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, sent a letter to Zients asking whether Biden “was aware of the breadth of the pardons & the unprecedented preemptive nature.” Zients reportedly blew off the request because it wasn’t a subpoena.

The Seattle Times’ tilted headline at the time? “Trump-allied prosecutor looks to undermine Biden pardons.”

A source with knowledge of the situation tells The Federalist that Zients is cooperating with the Oversight Committee and that a date for his appearance is expected to be set soon.

Also notable that Biden did not do an interview with the reporters at the NYT for all 4 years of his presidency. This is his first. https://t.co/XbNa4NaozF

— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) July 14, 2025