The report is the result of a five-month-long investigation into accusations made by President Donald Trump and his allies, that aides covered up a decline in Biden’s cognitive ability, and that the Biden administration misused the presidential autopen to issue executive actions without Biden’s direct involvement.
The committee said its investigation found there was no record that Biden approved executive actions in several instances, including ones related to presidential pardons. The committee also said it found Biden’s autopen — a mechanical device that can replicate signatures and that presidents often use to quickly sign documents — may have been used to sign off on actions without his knowledge.
Because of this, the report states that unless the Biden administration can prove the president approved a given action, the committee “deems those actions taken through use of the autopen as void,” and that it “finds numerous executive actions — particularly clemency actions — taken during the Biden Administration were illegitimate.”
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The investigation relied on the testimony of more than a dozen former Biden administration officials.