Biden issues blistering defense of his presidency as Trump orders probe into his use of autopen

Joe Biden issued a blistering response to Donald Trump after the president ordered an investigation into his use of auto-pen during his term in the White House.

Trump last night claimed there was a ‘dangerous’ conspiracy and misuse of executive power amid concerns over Biden’s mental and physical health during his presidency.

It came after months of claims of a cover-up by aides who may have worked to shield the extent of the Biden’s cognitive decline from the public.

Biden was quick to furiously defended his time as commander-in-chief, asserting that he was at the helm of all decisions.

‘Let me be clear,’ he said in a statement. ‘I made the decisions during my presidency. I made the decisions about the pardons, executive orders, legislation, and proclamations. Any suggestion that I didn’t is ridiculous and false.’

Biden put the blame on Trump and the Republican Party, who are trying to draw attention away from the MAGA civil war currently happening over the current president’s spending bill.

‘This is nothing more than a distraction by Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans,’ Biden said.

He accused Trump’s administration of ‘working to push disastrous legislation that would cut essential programs like Medicaid and raise costs on American families, all to pay for tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy and big corporations.’

Former President Joe Biden has finally hit back at criticism of his use of autopen by rubbishing any suggestion he wasn’t in control of the country

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The investigation was announced during a busy evening for Trump who also issued sweeping travel restrictions on people from 19 countries and banned visas for foreigners coming to the US to study at Harvard University.

Trump’s probe into Biden will see all of the pardons, clemency grants, executive orders, presidential memoranda, and other presidential policy decisions issued by the former president investigated.

Actions under review would include Biden’s pardons for son Hunter and other family members and orders related to a variety of areas including education, immigration, health care, climate change and more.

He also ordered a investigation into which Biden aides may have worked to shield the then-president’s mental and physical condition to the public.

‘This conspiracy marks one of the most dangerous and concerning scandals in American history,’ Trump said.

‘The American public was purposefully shielded from discovering who wielded the executive power, all while Biden’s signature was deployed across thousands of documents to effect radical policy shifts.’

Biden went on to accuse Trump of seeking out distractions to avoid criticism over bad legislation making its way through Congress

Biden recently announced he was diagnosed with Stage 4 prostate cancer, sparking rampant conspiracy theories about whether medical professionals were aware of his illness while he was president.

CNN anchor Jake Tapper’s new book that claims to blow the lid off of the White House campaign that hid Biden’s health decline from the American people has also sparked widespread backlash.

Missouri Senator Josh Hawley also claims to have been told by a Secret Service whistleblower that Biden got lost in his own closet at the White House.

Many wonder who exactly was in charge of the administration given Biden’s alleged condition, with some looking toward the president’s wife and troubled son.

Hunter Biden, who was convicted last year of three felonies over an illegal gun, and the former First Lady Jill Biden have been accused of wielding significant power over the president in his final days.

He was treated ‘like a chief of staff’ despite being ‘provably, demonstrably unethical, sleazy and prone to horrible decisions,’ Tapper said in a recent interview about the health cover-up.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt accused Jill Biden of participating in a ‘cover up’ about her husband’s health and said she should speak with House Republican investigators who are ramping up a probe.

‘Jill Biden was certainly complicit in that cover up,’ Leavitt told reporters at the White House when asked about a House Republican request to a handful of top former Biden administration officials.

But former Biden administration insiders have railed against any conspiracy, noting the autopen technology has been used by presidents for years.

Sources close to the president have argued officials would use the autopen only after he had made a conclusive decision on a matter.

Trump believes the use of the autopen invalidates Biden’s orders. If his administration can get the courts to agree, it could undo thousands of actions taken by the former president.

It’s unclear which documents from the Biden administration were signed by the then-president and which may have been signed by an electronic pen.

Biden was pictured signing some orders while in office, including ones on the use of AI and on gun safety issues.

The power of the president to issue pardons is also broad, and does not necessarily require a signature. This could limit Trump’s scope if he tries to argue that the use of an autopen should reverse such decisions.

His allies have pushed back on reports his mental and physical health were on the decline during his tenure. But a spate of recent books on his presidency have raised numerous questions about the matter.

Trump also demanded a look into ‘any activity, coordinated or otherwise, to purposefully shield the public from information regarding Biden’s mental and physical health.’

The Trump White House noted that the Biden administration issued 1,200 Presidential documents, appointed 235 judges to the Federal bench, and issued more pardons and commutations than any administration in United States history

White House counsel David Warrington, along with Attorney General Pam Bondi, will lead the probe.

Trump has been vocal as he rallied against the use of autopen since he returned to the White House, despite accepting he has used the technology in the past.

‘I understand he signed almost everything with an auto pen,’ Trump said of Biden last week. ‘It really means you’re not president.’

Wednesday’s order could result in those multiple actions taken by Biden challenged in court. Previously, the courts have ruled use of the autopen legal but that was during the Obama administration and the makeup of judges has changed since then.

Trump’s order calls for Warrington and Bondi to investigate ‘whether certain individuals conspired to deceive the public about Biden’s mental state and unconstitutionally exercise the authorities and responsibilities of the President.’

Trump also argued aides did not have the power to sign documents in Biden’s name.

‘If his advisors secretly used the mechanical signature pen to conceal this incapacity, while taking radical executive actions all in his name, that would constitute an unconstitutional wielding of the power of the Presidency, a circumstance that would have implications for the legality and validity of numerous executive actions undertaken in Biden’s name,’ he noted in the order.

In Wednesday’s White House press briefing, Fox News’ Peter Doocy brought up the use of the autopen, arguing Biden’s signature appeared different – and genuine – on certain documents, such as the pardon for his son Hunter Biden.

‘The President is making a good point when he discusses the usage of the autopen and who was running the country for the past four years,’ White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt replied.

‘The American people deserve answers,’ she added.

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