Posted on 06/21/2026 6:35:21 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Autopen pardons can’t possibly be constitutional. Why not test the theory on a few high-profile malefactors?
Near the end of Joe Biden’s incompetence, corruption, and dementia extravaganza, thousands of pardons were issued — many for unstated crimes. Most weren’t done with a pen in a human hand, as our founders intended. The were done with an autopen — a machine that can imitate a human signature. Given Joey “SoftServe’s” mental state, there’s ample reason to question whether the machine-signed pardons were a valid reflection of the president’s will, such as it was.
On December 2, 2025, after the magnitude of the autopen signing frenzy became apparent, President Trump declared Biden’s autopen orders invalid — not because Biden lacked the authority to issue them, but because there was no evidence that he even ordered them — no audio recordings, no decision logs, no witness affidavits. All of those pardons may have actually been issued by faceless bureaucrats, whose only power was access to the machine which could hold a pen and imitate Joe Biden’s illegible scrawl.
The Hunter Biden pardon reinforces that theory. It was different from Joe’s other pardons because it was signed by the actual hand of the president — a strong indication that it actually represented the will of the Article II chief executive. Apparently, Joe cared more about the pardon of his son than the thousands of others issued by his office. Is that because he didn’t even know about many of the others?
So what changed after President Trump declared his predecessor’s pardons null and void? Nothing. None of the monsters released by Biden has been re-arrested. None of the Biden cronies who escaped justice has shown contrition, nor begged for forgiveness. It’s as if Trump’s order means nothing, because the matter hasn’t been adjudicated
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We should find out.
There are two issues here
1) auto pen
2) pardon without a conviction
Perhaps our DoJ should indict Fauci as a test case for the use of the autopen. That will undoubtedly trigger howls from the left and activism from the bench. Eventually, the Supreme Court will need to decide if someone who created a humanitarian crisis is above the law, simply because a clerk deep in the bowels of the White House pushed the right button on a machine with a pen.
> We should find out. <
Yep. Biden’s autopen pardons will stand unless it can be proven that Joe actually didn’t know about the pardons. That’s a very high hurdle.
A fuss should be made anyway, if only to prevent future incidents like this. A presidency run by shadowy handlers is a dangerous thing.
I don’t see how one can receive a pardon from a crime they haven’t been charged with. No trial, no verdict, so how does that work.??
The real question is whether Presidential Pardons can be used to give immunity from prosecution and not as the Constitution intended to be an actual pardon for crimes already prosecuted. The autopen alone should render them invalid.
A fuss should be made anyway, if only to prevent future incidents like this.
I don’t see how one can receive a pardon from a crime they haven’t been charged with. No trial, no verdict, so how does that work.??
The auto pen will be challenged.
They can try claiming that the President can farm out pardon authority. Admittedly, I don’t believe this claim can hold up.
Yup
> I don’t see how one can receive a pardon from a crime they haven’t been charged with. <
There is precedence. Ford pardoned Nixon for federal crimes Nixon *might* have committed.
Same goes for Carter’s pardon of all draft dodgers in 1977. The pardon even covered those who weren’t actually charged.
“There are two issues here
1) auto pen
2) pardon without a conviction”
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3) No political will to seek accountability.
I suspect it is on the agenda.
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Who’s agenda?
It might be lower than you/we think. Witnesses can be called to testify under oath. Facing the punishment of perjury, one or more of them could admit that Joe was out of the loop; that the pardons were issued without his knowledge or consent.
The sole scenario where an autopen pardon could be
successfully challenged is if it is definitively proven
<><>that aides used the machine without the president’s consent or authorization,
<><>or if the president did not intend to issue the pardon.
Who’s agenda?
Yep, why I asked.
Fauci obviously knew how guilty he was. Election night was a very bad night for him. Sleepless and stressful. As it should be for the rest of his miserable life.
> Witnesses can be called to testify under oath. <
Democrats are experts at “not recalling” when under oath.
So they’ll be ready.
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