Rep. Buddy Carter will be introducing legislation to require the president to personally sign any pardon or reprieve, disallowing the use of a mechanical-signed signature. (Getty Images/AP Images)
"This irresponsible use of technology raises questions about who was really running the country during Biden’s term," Carter added. "If Biden outsourced this constitutional duty to staff and machines, what other major decisions was he absent for?"
A report published by an arm of the Heritage Foundation claimed that the majority of official documents signed by Biden allegedly an autopen signature.
Trump, in a Truth Social post on Sunday night, claimed that Biden was unaware of the pardons signed in the final days of his term, which included pardoning members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
"The 'Pardons' that Sleepy Joe Biden gave to the Unselect Committee of Political Thugs, and many others, are hereby declared VOID, VACANT, AND OF NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT, because of the fact that they were done by Autopen," Trump said in a Truth Social post.
President Donald Trump trolled former President Joe Biden over "autopen signature" claims. (Truth Social/@realDonaldTrump)
Fox News Digital learned this week that an energy watchdog group, Power the Future, sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi calling on her to investigate whether Biden also signed energy-related executive orders via autopen and if such actions "were instituted with the president’s knowledge."
The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel determined in 2005 that the president is permitted to use an autopen to sign bills into law, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a ruling in February that said the absence of "a writing does not equate to proof that a commutation did not occur."
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Fox News Digital reached out to Biden's office for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
Fox News' Diana Stancy, Andrew Mark Miller and Emma Colton contributed to this report.
Aubrie Spady is a Writer for Fox News Digital.
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