An internal White House memo shows that officials on Joe Biden’s staff argued that the president should be physically signing “pardon letters” rather than issuing mass pardons using the president’s autopenned signature.
The memo casts additional doubts on thousands of pardons issued in the final days of Biden’s presidency and calls into question whether the president himself was consulted before those pardons were announced.
[Source](https://amgreatness.com/2025/09/09/biden-autopen-scandal-deepens-memo-shows-staff-urged-him-to-physically-sign-pardon-letters/)
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An internal White House memo shows that officials on Joe Biden’s staff argued that the president should be physically signing “pardon letters” rather than issuing mass pardons using the president’s autopenned signature.
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The memo casts additional doubts on thousands of pardons issued in the final days of Biden’s presidency and calls into question whether the president himself was consulted before those pardons were announced.
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