Biden autopen investigation 'has heated up' as DOJ looks at Delaware, DC: source
AG Pam Bondi said her team is 'reviewing the Biden administration's reported use of autopen for pardons'
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}An investigation into the autopen controversy involving former President Joe Biden is gaining momentum in Delaware and Washington, D.C., Fox News has learned.
A source familiar with the situation told Fox News on Wednesday morning, "It looks like the investigation has heated up in recent weeks and it appears there’s a focus in Delaware as well as Washington, D.C."
On Tuesday, Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote in a post on X that her "team is reviewing the Biden administration’s reported use of autopen for pardons."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Bondi's post came as the House Oversight Committee released a 100-page report on Tuesday morning detailing findings from its monthslong probe into Biden’s White House, specifically whether his inner circle covered up signs of mental decline in the ex-president, and if that alleged cover-up extended to executive actions signed via autopen without Biden’s full awareness.
Then-President Joe Biden speaks at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The report also detailed a "haphazard documentation process" for pardons made by Biden, which the committee argued left room for doubt over whether the former president made those decisions himself.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"In the absence of sufficient contemporaneous documentation indicating that cognitively deteriorating President Biden himself made a given executive decision, such decisions do not carry the force of law and should be considered void," the GOP report said.
A Biden spokesperson pushed back on the committee's conclusions in a statement to Fox News Digital made Tuesday morning, however.
JOHNSON ARGUES BIDEN PARDONS ‘INVALID’ AFTER BOMBSHELL AUTOPEN REPORT
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"This investigation into baseless claims has confirmed what has been clear from the start: President Biden made the decisions of his presidency. There was no conspiracy, no cover-up, and no wrongdoing. Congressional Republicans should stop focusing on political retribution and instead work to end the government shutdown," the spokesperson said.
Then-President Joe Biden sits in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
In an interview with The New York Times in July, Biden affirmed he "made every decision" on his own.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Fox News Digital's Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report.
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