Auto-pen Presidency?

Sneakers

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A non-so-important person making decisions that could affect the global community. Sounds like a lot of year end signings might be null and void.
 

Hessian

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Biden sources suspect key aide may have abused autopen as Trump’s ‘far more restrictive’ signing rules revealed




One Biden White House source told The Post they suspect that a key aide to the then-president may have made unilateral determinations on what to auto-sign. The Post is not publishing that staffer’s name due to the lack of concrete evidence and refutations by other colleagues.

The Biden aide, who did not respond to requests for comment, would frequently make mention of what “the boss” wanted, the source said, but compatriots would have “no idea” if it was true because the internal culture was to not ask questions.

“Everyone” was suspicious of this individual exceeding their authority when claiming to speak for the president, the source said. “But no one would actually say it.”

“I think [the aide] was using the autopen as standard and past protocol,” The Post’s informant said.

“There is no clarity on who actually approved what — POTUS or [the aide].”

A second Biden White House source agreed that the person was suspected of assuming the then-president’s positions and handing down orders without it being clear if they actually had communicated with the commander-in-chief.

Several other former staffers, including those who in the past have offered unvarnished assessments of what they view as the shortcomings of the ex-president and his core staff, described the allegation as absurd and said they never saw the person abuse their authority.

One of the skeptics noted that Biden frequently would “demand to see the most mundane statements” put out by the press office during their tenure early in his term of office — with another calling the entire storyline “bulls–t” and adding that it was “embarrassing” for Trump and his allies to be making it an issue.

Attorney Mike Davis, a prominent outside adviser to Trump and his team, told The Post that the particular circumstances of autopen use matter, noting that it’s common practice in Washington for politicians to delegate auto-signatures to aides.

“If they’re carrying out the president’s will, it doesn’t seem like an issue. If they’re not carrying out the president’s will, it’s a huge issue — it’s criminal,” Davis said, listing forgery, obstruction of justice and fraud as potential charges.

“If an authorized autopen operator is using the autopen on a particular document against the president’s will, it’s clearly not valid.”
"Democracy dies in Darkness"...oh,..like the dim bulb flickering in Biden's empty warehouse? Any "Purist" who chants this slogan and excuses the misuse of the president's constitutional authority ought to be banished.
 

Tech

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This just in, Biden has filed to run in 2028.
 

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GURPS

INGSOC
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🔥 The UK Daily Mail ran a breaking story last week headlined, “Biden autopen signature appears on almost every document, report finds.” The presidential autopen has a long and storied history. President Eisenhower began using the mechanical device to sign letters and thank-you cards back in the 1950s. But in 2011, President Obama infamously used the presidential autopen to sign a Patriot Act extension while he was traveling in Europe— the first known use of the scribbling gadget to enact a law.

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After skeptics complained, the DOJ issued an infamous opinion that presidential autopen signatures were legal, so long as the president had authorized it and knew what the document said. You can understand the logic in this digital age. Even a mouse click on an “I accept” button constitutes a legal signature these days, letting Jimmy Johns ding your bank account for the rest of your life for $7.95 a month, as its brand-new member of the hasty-sub-club.

And it’s all perfectly legal, even if you didn’t read all the three-point type in the End User License Agreement.

In the digital era, what even is a signature anymore? Well, Joe Biden fully embraced that philosophy and went wild with it. He autosigned everything— including, apparently, plastic spatulas (I am not making that up).

This week, news broke of Intrepid independent researchers at the Oversight Project, organized by the Heritage Foundation, who compared all Biden’s executive order signatures. Unsurprisingly, they found that nearly every single Biden executive order was not signed by the presidential cabbage but by the presidential auto-signing machine. Even the Fauci pardon. Even the pardon for his own family:

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CLIP: Oversight Project— watch multiple Biden signatures collapse into identical form (0:15).

So far as I know, Biden set records by becoming the first president to robotically sign his own executive orders. Hey, that signing pen is heavy. And every time you get to the office, it’s sign this, sign that and then who has time for watching Nickelodean reruns and reading your niece’s diary?


🔥 On March 5th, Missouri’s Attorney General Andrew Bailey asked the DOJ to investigate all this robotic signing and confirm that Biden actually knew they were even doing it:

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It raises an intriguing question: if Biden didn’t know what his rogue autopen was signing, then who did? And if it wasn’t Biden, are all those pardons legal? Remember— the key question over legality is informed consent. While Biden might be presumed to have authorized the autopen’s use, where is the evidence?

Surely, for a presidential act as significant as signing bills into law, executive orders, or pardons for large groups of crooked malefactors, there should be some evidence of prior approval.

🔥 The story does not seem likely to fade away soon. If anything, it is picking up autopen-like speed. Yesterday, the New York Post ran a story headlined, “Biden sources suspect key aide may have abused autopen as Trump’s ‘far more restrictive’ signing rules revealed.” According to the Post, “two former White House sources” accused one particular key Biden aide of exceeding their authority, by liberally using the mechanical scribbling robot to sign official documents on President Autopen’s behalf.

The Post responsibly (and probably to avoid a lawsuit) did not disclose the ‘key staffer’s’ name, absent any non-testimonial evidence, and in light of denials by former colleagues. But the source said other staffers wouldn’t necessarily know, since Biden’s White House culture was “shut up and don’t ask questions.”

The Post asked the alleged autopen aide, but they “did not respond to requests for comment.”









 

Hessian

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Bailey (AG of Missouri)...clarifying his position
“Staffers and the Vice President cannot constitutionally evade accountability by laundering far-left orders through a man who does not know what he is signing,” Bailey wrote.

Bailey wrote Horowitz that assuming staff authored Biden’s slew of pardons and orders “would explain why the Biden administration’s orders were aggressively much farther to the left than any previous President. … If in fact Biden’s staffers were exploiting his mental decline, those orders are null and void.”
They cannot drop this case!
 
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🔥 The UK Daily Mail ran a breaking story last week headlined, “Biden autopen signature appears on almost every document, report finds.” The presidential autopen has a long and storied history. President Eisenhower began using the mechanical device to sign letters and thank-you cards back in the 1950s. But in 2011, President Obama infamously used the presidential autopen to sign a Patriot Act extension while he was traveling in Europe— the first known use of the scribbling gadget to enact a law.

image 7.png


After skeptics complained, the DOJ issued an infamous opinion that presidential autopen signatures were legal, so long as the president had authorized it and knew what the document said. You can understand the logic in this digital age. Even a mouse click on an “I accept” button constitutes a legal signature these days, letting Jimmy Johns ding your bank account for the rest of your life for $7.95 a month, as its brand-new member of the hasty-sub-club.

And it’s all perfectly legal, even if you didn’t read all the three-point type in the End User License Agreement.

In the digital era, what even is a signature anymore? Well, Joe Biden fully embraced that philosophy and went wild with it. He autosigned everything— including, apparently, plastic spatulas (I am not making that up).

This week, news broke of Intrepid independent researchers at the Oversight Project, organized by the Heritage Foundation, who compared all Biden’s executive order signatures. Unsurprisingly, they found that nearly every single Biden executive order was not signed by the presidential cabbage but by the presidential auto-signing machine. Even the Fauci pardon. Even the pardon for his own family:

image 9.png


CLIP: Oversight Project— watch multiple Biden signatures collapse into identical form (0:15).

So far as I know, Biden set records by becoming the first president to robotically sign his own executive orders. Hey, that signing pen is heavy. And every time you get to the office, it’s sign this, sign that and then who has time for watching Nickelodean reruns and reading your niece’s diary?


🔥 On March 5th, Missouri’s Attorney General Andrew Bailey asked the DOJ to investigate all this robotic signing and confirm that Biden actually knew they were even doing it:

image 8.png
It raises an intriguing question: if Biden didn’t know what his rogue autopen was signing, then who did? And if it wasn’t Biden, are all those pardons legal? Remember— the key question over legality is informed consent. While Biden might be presumed to have authorized the autopen’s use, where is the evidence?

Surely, for a presidential act as significant as signing bills into law, executive orders, or pardons for large groups of crooked malefactors, there should be some evidence of prior approval.

🔥 The story does not seem likely to fade away soon. If anything, it is picking up autopen-like speed. Yesterday, the New York Post ran a story headlined, “Biden sources suspect key aide may have abused autopen as Trump’s ‘far more restrictive’ signing rules revealed.” According to the Post, “two former White House sources” accused one particular key Biden aide of exceeding their authority, by liberally using the mechanical scribbling robot to sign official documents on President Autopen’s behalf.

The Post responsibly (and probably to avoid a lawsuit) did not disclose the ‘key staffer’s’ name, absent any non-testimonial evidence, and in light of denials by former colleagues. But the source said other staffers wouldn’t necessarily know, since Biden’s White House culture was “shut up and don’t ask questions.”

The Post asked the alleged autopen aide, but they “did not respond to requests for comment.”









It's all very confusing. JoeBrandon wasn't competent enough to stand trial, but he was competent enough to have the nuclear football withing arm's reach, but not competent enough to sign important documents, which, at the very least, could have immediate and far-reaching consequences for all Americans. To say the least.

Did I get that right?
 

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Amazing that I brought this up back in January.

 

stgislander

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Nothing will happen to Joe. What may happen is that new rules are put in place affecting future Presidents' use.
 

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There should be a document of authorization for an aide/official to affix the President's signature for him as required by statute 3 U.S. Code § 301 and it needs to be published in the Federal Register.


There is no need as that still can be abused. If such a requirement is ever conjured up, then there must be an actual and verifiable line of consent to do so for each and every signature placed.

Thinking that a true by hand wet signature verifies the giving of consent and authorization. Without him actually signing all these official legally binding documents, where is the Presidential consent? There is none. This like someone having the key to the check signing machine that has no authorization to using it.

Autopens were and have been used typically for things that are not official binding government documents such as signed Presidential portrait photos, letters of congratulations, etc.. Just like those that are used by celebrities where they are sending out thousands of photos to fans and whatnot. In the past, many times it was a presidential secretary that would sign such items for the President. But never for any official government documents.
 

GURPS

INGSOC
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Is This the Aide Behind Biden's Controversial Autopen Signings?



A key aide to former President Joe Biden is under scrutiny following accusations that she overused the former president’s autopen, a device typically used for signing official documents. This raised concerns about the authenticity of her signature on critical matters. In addition to this controversy, she faced a Hatch Act complaint for allegedly making illegal fundraising solicitations in her official government role. These allegations have sparked criticism over potential misuse of power and violation of ethics rules within the Biden administration.

Reports suggest Neera Tanden, Biden's former White House Staff Secretary, may have used the autopen to sign pardons while President Biden was golfing in St. Croix in December 2022. The Oversight Project pointed out that six individuals received pardons during Biden's vacation on December 30, 2022, raising concerns that the president may not have been present or fully aware that the pardons were being signed.

Last week, I covered a report about documents signed by Biden’s autopen that could be considered invalid, alleging that one of Biden's key aides may have abused the device to sign official papers. President Donald Trump has increased scrutiny over Biden's use of the autopen throughout his presidency, with sources close to the administration suggesting that the device may have been misused.
 
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