President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he has voided all pardons and commutations signed by President Joe Biden using an autopen, claiming such documents are null and void. Legal experts assert that Trump lacks the authority to overturn pardons, which remain valid regardless of how they were signed. Biden issued a record number of clemency acts, but it is unclear how many were autopen-signed. The use of autopens by presidents is not new, with past presidents also employing this technology.
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