A senior official within President Donald Trump’s Justice Department informed colleagues that he has been requested to investigate the clemency granted by former President Joe Biden to certain family members and death row inmates during his last days in office.
Ed Martin, the pardon attorney for the Justice Department, mentioned in an email acquired by Reuters that the investigation is centered on whether Biden “was competent and whether others were exploiting him through the use of AutoPen or other methods.”
An autopen is a device that automatically signs documents. Trump and his supporters have made numerous unfounded claims, including that Biden’s use of this device while in office rendered his actions invalid or that he was not fully cognizant of them. Reuters has indicated that it remains uncertain whether Biden utilized an autopen for the pardons.
