House Oversight Chair James Comer dropped a political bombshell this week, releasing a GOP report that alleges the Biden White House used an autopen to sign presidential actions without clear evidence the president personally authorized them. Comer went further, saying the new evidence could render those autopen-signed pardons and orders null and void — a direct challenge to the sanctity of the presidency and the rule of law Americans expect.
The report lays out a disturbing picture: senior aides, and in some cases even the president’s physician, allegedly shielded Joe Biden from ordinary oversight, routed decisions through staff, and left no paper trail proving Biden’s personal consent for many clemencies. Republican investigators say testimony from multiple former aides was inconsistent and, in some instances, witnesses refused to answer questions at all, creating serious doubts about who really exercised executive power in the final months of the Biden administration.
Comer made the point plain on conservative outlets, telling Newsmax that no witness has testified they saw Biden personally approve the autopen’s use — a constitutional problem if true, because the pardon power belongs solely to the president. For hardworking Americans, this isn’t Washington bureaucracy; this is the fundamental question of whether decisions solemnly affecting lives and liberty were actually the president’s.
This scandal isn’t hypothetical: reporting shows Biden admitted an autopen was used to sign dozens of clemency documents in late 2024 and early 2025, and Republican investigators say there is scant documentation tying those acts back to Biden. If these claims hold up, it means thousands of cases, and potentially the high-profile clemencies that outraged voters, deserve a full and honest accounting.
Conservative leaders and Comer himself are demanding a thorough Justice Department review and potential investigations into those who oversaw the autopen process, including the president’s physician and top advisers. This is not a partisan temper tantrum — it is a push for accountability and clarity so the American people can trust that presidential power was exercised lawfully and transparently.
The stakes are enormous. If pardons were issued without the president’s clear, recorded authorization, victims of crimes and the rule of law would have been betrayed, and an entire system of executive accountability would be weakened. The American people deserve to know whether someone else was effectively deciding who got mercy and who didn’t behind closed doors.
Patriots should be alarmed but not surprised — when elites think they can run the country from the shadows, they always start by protecting their favorites and covering up inconvenient truths. Congress must push every relevant subpoena, demand every email and memo, and hold every witness to account so the full story comes out.
This moment calls for clarity, not calm neutrality: investigators should follow the facts wherever they lead, prosecutors should evaluate whether crimes were committed, and citizens must demand institutions that once protected liberty be restored. We owe it to future generations to defend the presidency from misuse and to ensure no administration, left or right, can game the system at the expense of the people.
