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The House Oversight Committee’s GOP report, released on October 28, 2025, ripped the bandage off a scandal that should have been dealt with months ago, alleging that President Biden’s autopen was used to sign sweeping pardons and other executive actions while his mental fitness was hidden from the American people. Republicans on the committee say multiple aides testified the president was isolated from decision-making and that staff routinely executed authority in his stead. This is not the kind of benign bureaucratic convenience the media wants you to believe; it is a constitutional crisis that demands answers.
Chairman James Comer bluntly told networks that none of the witnesses under oath could say they heard Biden personally authorize autopen use, and he has formally asked the Justice Department to invalidate pardons that may not have been lawfully issued. If true, millions of pages of executive action could be illegitimate because the Constitution vests pardon power solely in the president, not in a coterie of staffers. Republicans have done the heavy lifting of depositions and document reviews — now it is time for prosecutors to act instead of looking the other way.
The report leans on depositions, internal emails, and witness testimony that paint a picture of aides coordinating autopen decisions on the eve of massive clemency grants, and White House physician Kevin O’Connor’s stonewalling only deepened suspicions about what was being concealed. Witnesses reportedly described scripted moments and tight control of the president’s schedule, while the autopen signature appeared on key documents — a fact that raises grave questions about who really exercised presidential authority. The American people deserve to know whether decisions affecting liberty and justice were made by the elected president or by unelected operatives hiding behind a machine.
There will be those who try to paper over this by pointing to historical uses of mechanical signatures and past legal opinions, but the Oversight report rejects that posture when a president’s mental acuity is in doubt and staffers act as de facto presidents. Legal debates about delegation do not erase the plain constitutional principle that the pardon power belongs to the president, personally. This isn’t about partisan sniping; it’s about preserving the integrity of the executive branch and ensuring that the rule of law means something, even when the swamp wants to look the other way.
Patriots should be angry but focused: Comer has explicitly asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to step in and invalidate any pardons ratified without clear presidential authorization, and former President Trump has moved to open a probe into whether aides conspired to conceal Biden’s condition. Accountability is not vengeance — it is the only way to restore public trust when the tools of power are allegedly abused. If the DOJ refuses to act, every American must ask why the guardians of law are protecting the powerful instead of defending the people.
The political fallout will be severe if courts or prosecutors declare that scores or thousands of clemencies were void — prisoners released on Biden’s watch could see their cases reopened, and the credibility of Democratic leaders who downplayed these concerns will be destroyed. Republicans are already pressing forward with investigations and subpoenas, and the momentum for legal review is growing as more records surface. This isn’t just about one man’s legacy; it’s about whether a system that lets unelected aides rewrite presidential actions will be permitted to stand.
Americans who believe in the Constitution should demand transparency, not spin. The Oversight report is a clarion call: no one is above the law, and the people deserve to know who exercised the power of the presidency in those critical days. If justice is delayed again, it will be remembered as yet another time the elite protected their own while ordinary citizens paid the price.
