Biden used autopen signature on many official WH docs, raising concerns over his awareness

Dozens of executive orders signed by former President Joe Biden were authorized with identical autopen signatures — raising crucial questions about whether he was fully aware of what he was signing, critics say.The conservative Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project uncovered the situation, prompting Biden detractors such as Republican Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey to suggest it could be used to challenge the legitimacy of orders that the 82-year-old former president signed, especially given the concerns about his cognition.“I am demanding the DOJ investigate whether President Biden’s cognitive decline allowed unelected staff to push through radical policy without his knowing approval,” Bailey said.“If true, these executive orders, pardons, and all other actions are unconstitutional and legally void.”The Post conducted a random brief scan itself of about three dozen signatures of executive orders in the Federal Register from President Trump, former President Barack Obama and Biden at various times in their presidencies.All three men’s different signatures did not appear to change, although The Post’s review was briefer and less comprehensive than the Heritage Foundation’s.Autopen signatures are produced by machine instead of being done by hand.Scores of presidents dating back to at least Harry Truman are believed to have leaned on the modern autopen.“We gathered every document we could find with Biden’s signature over the course of his presidency,” the Oversight Project said last week.“All used the same autopen signature except for the announcement that the former President was dropping out of the race last year.”The Oversight Project divulged examples of Biden’s signatures on two executive orders that it surmised came from autopen and contrasted that with an image of his signature on the letter announcing he was pulling out of the 2024 presidential contest.

Biden’s signature on the two executive orders essentially looke...