In his four years in office, Joe Biden pardoned or granted clemency to more than 8,000 criminals, including his own son, four times more than Barack Obama (1,927), who was in office for eight years.
Republicans raised questions about Biden’s extensive reliance on the executive autopen to sign all those pardons and acts of clemency. Indeed, it would seem to be a non-issue. All presidents have used an autopen for official and unofficial business, so what’s the big deal?
Legal experts scoffed at that idea except in one unlikely instance. Kermit Roosevelt, constitutional law expert at the University of Pennsylvania, said, “If the president doesn’t know that something was done, then it’s not a valid official act.”
Did Biden fully understand that he was pardoning and granting clemency to these 8,000 people?
Rep. James Comer, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued a statement on Friday saying that his committee was going to revisit the autopen issue it raised during hearings last March. At that time, the Biden White House stonewalled Comer’s committee, refusing requests for documents and having aides testify.
“The American people deserve to know who was actually calling the shots in the Biden White House, because it wasn’t Joe Biden. His mental decline was obvious to anyone paying attention. But instead of being honest, the Biden Administration, Democrats in Congress, and the legacy media lied and covered it up. They gaslit the American people while propping up a man who was unfit to lead,” the statement said.
The release of Hur’s recorded interview with Joe Biden changes everything. It raises serious questions that Democrats can’t avoid: How impaired was Joe Biden? Did he fully understand the act of pardoning so many criminals?
Who was pulling the strings? Who was the puppetmaster?
Hellbound and Down 