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Donald Trump claims Joe Biden pardons not genuine over autopen signatures

Donald Trump is saying that Joe Biden used autopen to sign the presidential pardons when he was in office, rather than doing so by hand. Photo: Getty

Donald Trump is saying that Joe Biden used autopen to sign the presidential pardons when he was in office, rather than doing so by hand. Photo: Getty

James Liddell

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Donald Trump said all pardons issued by former president Joe Biden are ‘void’ after his Democratic predecessor allegedly used an autopen to sign his acts of clemency in office.

The US president took to Truth Social yesterday morning to sow doubt over the legitimacy of Mr Biden’s pardons, claiming he used the mechanical device to sign documents rather than doing so by hand.

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