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President Donald Trump pardoned Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife in a federal bribery and conspiracy case on Wednesday, citing what he called a "weaponised" justice system.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said former President Joe Biden signed pardons with an autopen, a mechanical device that uses a robotic arm with an attached pen. When Trump installed portraits of past presidents in the White House, a photograph of an autopen took the place of Biden’s portrait.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is terminating all documents, including pardons, that he said his predecessor Joe Biden had signed using an autopen, a move that legal experts doubted would hold up in court.
President Donald Trump said all "Documents, Proclamations, Executive Orders, Memorandums, or Contracts" signed by former President Biden's autopen are "void," including pardons and commutations.
When Donald Trump issued a sweeping pardon for allies in his bid to subvert the 2020 election, he stretched the boundaries of the pardon power in unprecedented ways.
The autopen is a device that reproduces a person’s signature with precision, often used for high-volume or ceremonial documents.
Donald Trump is terminating all documents and pardons his predecessor Joe Biden signed off on using his autopen, claiming they now have 'no legal effect.'
If the Justice Department acts on Trump's order to reverse Biden's autopen orders, litigation gets complicated.
President Donald Trump's pardons include high-profile individuals in politics, reality TV, business and music.
President Trump used remarks on his Thanksgiving pardons of two turkeys to also go after some of his political adversaries.
“ Daily Show ” correspondent Josh Johnson on Wednesday ripped Donald Trump ’s “semblance of an explanation” for why he pardoned ex-Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was convicted last year of helping smuggle 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S.