Can the Presidential autopen issue pardons? Asking for a friend…

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This is too bizarre to be true.

Except that it is.

At least six of the pardons issued by President Joe Biden in the last days of his failed Administration were signed by the Presidential autopen.

I’ve actually used an autopen — although not the Presidential autopen.

You just slide whatever you want signed onto the plate, step on the pedal and the machine does the rest.

It works great.  And for things like letters to constituents it’s a big timesaver for someone as busy as the President of the United States.

But for signing legislation, treaties and such the autopen should be a no-go.

But here we are.

There is proof that the autopen was used to sign pardons.  Are they still legal?

Oooooo 👀

So apparently Joe Biden was on vacation in the US Virgin Islands on 12/30/2022 when he “signed” six pardons for criminals.

The oversight committee confirmed an Autopen was used, and all signatures matched.
—— Note they all say they are “Signed in the City of… pic.twitter.com/H0t98D4sCC

— MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) March 11, 2025

Joe Biden was quite possibly the laziest man ever to occupy the Oval Office.

But signing pardons by autopen while out of town is even beyond Biden.

And wait.  There are even more benefits to be had…

Uh oh!

Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger are freaking out that their pardons were signed by a Democrat with an autopen

Humiliating

Time to challenge them in court and make them pay for lawyers just like everyone else had to with their J6 Cmte witch hunt https://t.co/hruldZwKwa

— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) March 11, 2025

I imagine this will all be litigated.  But just because he might have wanted to do it anyway, there is still legality to follow.

And I can see no way that this can be legal.