President Trump responded on Thursday to Biden’s latest statement regarding the autopen scandal, where he shrugged off the ongoing investigation as “nothing more than a distraction.”
Trump recently directed his White House Counsel, David Warrington, in consultation with Attorney General Pam 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.”
“In recent months, it has become increasingly apparent that former President Biden’s aides abused the power of Presidential signatures through the use of an autopen to conceal Biden’s cognitive decline and assert Article II authority,” Trump wrote in the memo. “This conspiracy marks one of the most dangerous and concerning scandals in American history. 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.”
DOJ Pardon Attorney Ed Martin has also announced to staff that he has been ordered to investigate clemency allegedly granted by Biden in the final days of his time in office to his family members and death row inmates. Martin identified the gatekeepers involved in selling access to the autopen late last month: White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain, Senior White House Advisor Anita Dunn, and Biden attorney Bob Bauer.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, Biden finally responded to the investigation in a statement on Wednesday evening, calling the claims that somebody else signed official actions “ridiculous and false.”
“This is nothing more than a distraction by Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans who are 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,” he said.
Trump responded to Biden’s dismissal of the scandal during an Oval Office meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz by outlining the purpose of the autopen and explaining that he only uses it for signing the thousands of letters sent from the White House to American citizens and young people. Calling out Biden’s lie that he signed every official action, Trump said, “I’m sure that he didn’t know.” He continued, “He didn’t have much of an idea what was going on. Essentially, whoever used the autopen was president, and that is wrong, it’s illegal, it’s so bad, and it’s so disrespectful to our country.”
Trump also noted that “Outside of the rigged election of 2020, I think the biggest scandal of the last many years is the autopen and who’s using it.”
Watch both clips below:
Reporter: I’m curious your reaction to his dismissal.
Trump: Well, look, the autopen, I think is a big scandal. Outside of the rigged election of 2020, I think the biggest scandal of the last many years is the autopen and who’s using it. I happen to think I know, okay, because I’m here, and I’m not a big auto pen person, fortunately. I’m glad. I’m very glad. It’s an easy way out, but it’s a very bad thing, very dangerous. You know, I sign important documents. Usually when they put documents in front of you, they’re important. Even if you’re signing ambassadorships or— I consider that important. I think it’s inappropriate, you have somebody that’s devoting four years of their life or more to being an ambassador. I think you really deserve, that person deserves to get a real signature, not an auto pen signature. And I can tell auto pen easily. I can look at it like two little penholes from pulling the paper, right? You always see the penholes. It’s real easy to tell about autopen. I think it’s very disrespectful to people when they get an auto pen signature, outside autopen, to me, are used when 1000s of letters come in from young people all over the country and you want to get them back. And you know, people use autopens for that to send a little signature at the bottom of a letter. We have thousands of them. We get thousands of letters a week, and it’s not possible to– you know I’d like to do it myself, but you can’t do it. To me, that’s where autopens start and stop.
But I don’t think, I’m sure that he didn’t know many of the things— look he was never for open borders. He was never for transgender for everybody. He was never for men playing in women’s sports. I mean, all of these things that changed so radically, I don’t think he had any idea what was— frankly, I said it during the debate, and I say it now. He didn’t have much of an idea what was going on. Essentially, whoever used the autopen was president, and that is wrong, it’s illegal, it’s so bad, and it’s so disrespectful to our country.
In response to another reporter, President Trump said he doubts Biden would even know whether or not he signed these actions, reminding reporters, “I was in a debate with the human mind, and I didn’t think he knew what the hell he was doing.” He continued, “I could give you the name of some of the people that used the autopen because I’m here, and I ask questions about people that were here also. There are a lot of people that were here when that happened, and they’re here right now, and they’ll answer your question very accurately, but I know some of the people that used that autopen, and those are not people that had the same ideology as Joe Biden.”
He again highlighted the stolen 2020 election, noting that the autopen conspirators weren’t elected and that “He didn’t get elected either, actually.”
WATCH:
Trump: I think it’s the biggest scandal, maybe in the last 100 years in this country. So, when I hear that word, I think it has to be discussed because the fake news will try and, you know, hide it, and we can’t do that.
Reporter: Have you uncovered any evidence that anything specific was signed without President Biden’s knowledge, or by other people in the administration acting illegally?
Trump: Well, I don’t think Biden would know whether or not he signed it… No, but I’ve uncovered, you know, the human mind. I was in a debate with the human mind, and I didn’t think he knew what the hell he was doing. So, you know, it’s just one of those things, one of those problems. We can’t ever allow that to happen to our country. The danger our country was in. And I know some of the people that worked with him, radical left, horrible people. And I could give you the name of some of the people that used the autopen because I’m here, and I ask questions about people that were here also. There are a lot of people that were here when that happened, and they’re here right now, and they’ll answer your question very accurately, but I know some of the people that used that autopen, and those are not people that had the same ideology as Joe Biden. These were radical left lunatics that used that, and they didn’t get elected. He didn’t get elected either, actually.
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