President Donald Trump renewed his criticism against former President Joe Biden, pictured here with his family, and his administration over the use of an autopen to sign off on important orders. (Evan Vucci/The Associated Press)
A spokesperson for Biden did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
A White House official previously told Fox News Digital that Trump uses his hand signature for every legally operational or binding document. Even so, Trump has admitted that he uses an autopen for letters.
Meanwhile, Biden’s chief of staff issued final approval for multiple high-profile preemptive pardons during Biden’s final days in office, the New York Times reported in July.
Although Biden reportedly made the decision about the pardons in a meeting, Biden’s chief of staff Jeff Zients is the one who gave final approval for the use of the autopen — at least in the case of former chief medical advisor to the president, Anthony Fauci, and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, the Times reported.
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An autopen is a machine that physically holds a pen and follows programming to imitate a person’s signature.
An autopen is a machine that physically holds a pen and follows programming to imitate a person’s signature.
Unlike a stamp or a digitized print of a signature, the autopen has the capability to hold various types of pens, from a ballpoint to a permanent marker, according to descriptions of autopen machines for sale online.
Fox News’ Liz Elkind contributed to this report.
Diana Stancy is a politics reporter with Fox News Digital covering the White House.
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