Trump orders investigation of Biden’s use of an autopen, claiming White House cover-up

By Matt Brown and Chris Megerian I Associated Press WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered his administration to investigate former President Joe Biden s use of an autopen to sign pardons and other documents increasing the pressure on his predecessor as House Republicans also requested interviews with members of Biden s inner circle An autopen is a mechanical device that is used to replicate a person s authentic signature and presidents have used them for decades However Trump has frequently suggested that various of Biden s actions are invalid because his aides were usurping presidential authority to cover up what Trump insists is Biden s cognitive decline This conspiracy marks one of the preponderance dangerous and concerning scandals in American history Trump wrote in a memo The American citizens was purposefully shielded from discovering who wielded the executive power all while Biden s signature was deployed across thousands of documents to effect radical initiative shifts Trump directed Attorney General Pam Bondi and White House Counsel David Warrington to handle the examination Meanwhile House Oversight Chairman James Comer of Kentucky a Republican requested transcribed interviews with five Biden aides alleging they had participated in a cover-up that amounted to one of the greatest scandals in our nation s history These five former senior advisors were eyewitnesses to President Biden s condition and operations within the Biden White House Comer stated in a announcement They must appear before the House Oversight Committee and provide truthful answers about President Biden s cognitive state and who was calling the shots Interviews were requested with White House senior advisers Mike Donilon and Anita Dunn former White House chief of staff Ron Klain former deputy chief of staff Bruce Reed and Steve Ricchetti a former counselor to the president Comer reiterated his call for Biden s physician Kevin O Connor and former senior White House aides Annie Tomasini Anthony Bernal Ashley Williams and Neera Tanden to appear before the committee He warned subpoenas would be issued this week if they refuse to schedule voluntary interviews I think that people will start coming in the next two weeks Comer narrated reporters He added that the committee would release a analysis with its findings and we ll release the transcribed interviews so it ll be very transparent Democrats have dismissed the effort as a distraction Chairman Comer had his big shot in the last Congress to impeach Joe Biden and it was of module a spectacular flop mentioned Rep Jamie Raskin the Maryland Democrat who served as the ranking member on the oversight committee in the previous Congress And now he s just living off of a spent dream It s over And he should give up the whole thing Republicans on the committee are eager to pursue the assessment The American people didn t elect a bureaucracy to run the country noted Rep Brandon Gill a freshman Republican from Texas I think that the American people deserve to know the truth and they want to know the truth of what happened The Republican inquiry so far has focused on the final executive actions of Biden s administration which included the issuing of new federal rules and presidential pardons that they claim may be invalid Related Articles Letters Stop high-speed rail before it costs another dime Letters Knowledge is the best tool to help the unhoused Letters San Jose s homeless law is cruel and unnecessary Letters With so plenty of apartments empty the housing situation is a sham Biden s sudden assessment of aggressive prostate cancer is unfortunately all too common Comer cited the book Original Sin by CNN s Jake Tapper and Axios Alex Thompson which details concerns and debates inside the White House and Democratic Party over Biden s mental state and age In the book Tapper and Thompson wrote Five people were running the country and Joe Biden was at best a senior member of the board Biden and members of his family have vigorously denied the book s proposes This book is political fairy smut for the permanent professional chattering class announced Naomi Biden the former president s granddaughter Biden withdrew from the presidential race last summer after a debate against Trump in which he appeared to lose his train of thought multiple times muttered inaudible answers and misnamed different regime programs The disastrous debate performance pushed questions about his age and mental acuity to the forefront ultimately leading Biden to withdraw from the presidential race He was replaced on the ticket by Kamala Harris who lost the ballot to Trump