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Trump Declares Biden’s ‘Autopen’ Turkey Pardons ‘Invalid’ at Thanksgiving Ceremony
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The concept of autopen is ridiculous, but so is unpardoning turkeys. Then again - so is pardoning turkeys.
This whole country is ridiculous.
All part of the political circus.
He pardoned Jan 6 traitors and George Santos but he won't let a stupid bird not be slaughtered?
He also got caught auto penning executive orders and they quickly took them back and had someone sign them so they weren't all identical.
I thought it was identical signatures. As in, not an autopen, but digital copy.
If an autopen is disqualifying e signatures certainly are since you do not even need the fairly complex and large autopen.
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5330709/autopen-biden-pardon-void
Pardons don't even need to be signed, executive orders however do and even then their legal basis is very iffy.