| Published May 2, 2025
The article titled “BIDEN AUTOPEN BOMBSHELL: Oversight Project Releases New Alarming Analysis of Biden Executive Order Signatures,” published by The Gateway Pundit on May 1, 2025, reports on findings from the Oversight Project regarding the use of autopen signatures during Former President Joe Biden’s administration. The Oversight Project, affiliated with the Heritage Foundation, claims that nearly all of Biden’s executive orders and clemency warrants were signed using an autopen, with the exception of his announcement to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race.
Key Findings:
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Increased Autopen Usage: The Oversight Project asserts that President Biden used wet signatures for executive orders during the first 18 months of his presidency. However, starting in late spring 2022, there was a shift to autopen signatures for all executive orders and clemency warrants.
The Oversight Project gathered every document they could find with Biden’s signature – ALL used autopen signatures except for the announcement that he was dropping out of the 2024 election.
New analysis of Executive Order signatures showed an “increased use of the autopen as President Biden’s mental and physical decline accelerated,” the Oversight Project revealed on Thursday.
Joe Biden used a wet signature on every Executive Order during the first year and a half of his presidency.
However, in late spring and early summer 2022, everything changed, and Biden’s autopen appeared on every clemency warrant and executive order.
The Oversight Project’s analysis of executive order signatures shows Biden’s first year in office compared to 2022 -2025:
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Politically Significant Orders: Several executive orders signed with the autopen addressed critical issues, including national security, public health, and military justice. Notable examples include:
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Executive Order 14097: Combating International Drug Trafficking (April 27, 2023)
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Executive Order 14098: Sanctions on Sudan (May 4, 2023)
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Executive Order 14114: Countering Russian Aggression (December 22, 2023)
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Executive Order 14122: Public Health Preparedness (April 12, 2024)
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Executive Order 14130: Amending the Manual for Courts-Martial (December 20, 2024)
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Clemency Warrants: Out of 51 clemency warrants issued during Biden’s tenure, 16 were signed with “Autopen A,” 16 with “Autopen B,” and 19 appeared to have wet signatures. The Oversight Project suggests that the increased reliance on autopen signatures coincided with a decline in President Biden’s physical and mental health.
Note the subtle differences between Autopen A and B. Autopen A has a bigger space between the “p” and “h” in “Joseph” than Autopen B. There are also subtle differences in the “B” in “Biden” and how the word “Jr.” is written.
Who was in charge of Joe Biden’s autopen?
According to The New York Post’s Steve Nelson, a key Biden aide may have exceeded their authority by unilaterally determining what documents to robo-sign.
An insider told The New York Post that he feared this key Biden aide: “I feared no one as much as I feared that [staffer]. To me, [the staffer] basically was the president,” the person said. “No one ever questioned [the staffer]. Period.”
Is Neera Tanden the ‘key aide’ behind Biden’s autopenned pardons? Tanden went to work as a key Biden White House staffer after she was forced to withdraw her nomination as OMB Director.
The Oversight Project pointed out that Neera Tanden was the White House Staff Secretary when Joe Biden autopenned pardons from a golf course in the US Virgin Islands.
President Trump on Sunday called for the person or persons who operated Joe Biden’s autopen to be jailed.
Context and Reactions:
The use of autopen for signing official documents is legally permissible and has been utilized by previous presidents. However, the extent of its use during Biden’s presidency, as alleged by the Oversight Project, has raised concerns among some political figures. Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has called for a Department of Justice investigation into whether unelected staff exploited President Biden’s cognitive decline to push through policies without his knowledge.
Former President Donald Trump has publicly declared the autopen-signed pardons as “void, vacant, and of no further force or effect,” arguing that President Biden was unaware of these actions.
Considerations:
While the use of autopen is not unprecedented, the Oversight Project’s findings suggest a pattern that they believe warrants further scrutiny. It’s important to note that the Oversight Project is affiliated with the conservative Heritage Foundation, and their analysis may reflect specific political perspectives. As of now, there has been no official response from President Biden or his administration regarding these allegations.
The implications of President Biden’s alleged extensive use of the autopen — as outlined by the Oversight Project — are serious and potentially far-reaching. Here are the main implications through that lens:
1. Questions of Legitimacy and Competency
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Delegation of Presidential Authority: Conservatives may argue that frequent autopen use, especially for major policy decisions, suggests President Biden is not fully exercising his constitutional duties, raising doubts about who’s truly governing.
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Cognitive Decline Narrative: This fits into a broader narrative often pushed by Biden critics — that the President is mentally or physically unfit for office and is being managed by unelected advisors or staffers.
2. Abuse of Power by Unelected Bureaucrats
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Shadow Governance Concern: If unelected aides are directing national policy while the President rubber-stamps (or doesn’t even directly sign) key actions, conservatives could view this as a threat to democratic accountability and the constitutional balance of power.
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Department of Justice Investigation Calls: Calls like those from Missouri AG Andrew Bailey may be seen as necessary steps to uncover whether there was intentional deception or overreach from staffers.
3. Legal and Constitutional Challenges
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Potential Legal Invalidity: Although autopen use has been accepted since at least the Bush and Obama administrations, conservatives could push the argument that some autopen-signed documents — especially pardons or executive orders on contentious issues — should be legally challenged if Biden wasn’t directly involved.
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Trump’s Position: Trump’s statement calling the autopen-signed pardons “void” could signal a legal or political movement to reverse certain Biden-era actions if the GOP regains full power.
4. Election Year Fuel
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Trust and Transparency Issues: Heading into the 2024 election, and now in 2025, the GOP may use this autopen revelation to question the transparency and integrity of Biden’s presidency.
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Narrative Reinforcement: It reinforces broader conservative messaging that the current administration is secretive, dysfunctional, and run by ideologues behind the scenes.
Overall Takeaway:
The extensive use of an autopen to sign major executive orders and pardons during President Biden’s term is seen as a troubling sign that the President may not be fully in control of his own administration. For conservatives, this reinforces concerns about Biden’s cognitive decline, raises constitutional red flags about the role of unelected staffers, and fuels suspicions of a “shadow presidency” where critical decisions are made without direct presidential oversight. It also opens the door for legal and political challenges to the legitimacy of those actions.
SOURCES: THE GATEWAY PUNDIT – BIDEN AUTOPEN BOMBSHELL: Oversight Project Releases New Alarming Analysis of Biden Executive Order Signatures
PJ MEDIA – Biden’s Autopen Scandal Just Got a Whole Lot Worse
REPUBLIC BRODCASTING – Biden Autopen Scandal Update: New Analysis on Biden’s Pardons For Family Members, Fauci, General Milley, J6 Committee and More
JUST THE NEWS – Oversight Project investigation: Biden autopen signature used on ‘every document we could find’
LOU DOBBS – Second Biden Autopen Discovered: New Analysis of Second Frequently Used Autopen for Biden’s Pardons
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