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There's a potential implication that the president wasn't the one making the decisions and they were political favors doled out by unnamed and unaccountable sta
by TheBlight 11mo ago
There's a potential implication that the president wasn't the one making the decisions and they were political favors doled out by unnamed and unaccountable staff. If the president felt strongly about that perception he could've signed them himself. But he seemingly didn't.
- etchalon 11mo agoThe autopen has been widely used without controversy, including by Trump.
- gottorf 11mo agoThe controversy with Biden is that the autopen was allegedly used without the President's knowledge or directive. Nobody has a problem with POTUS's signature getting on a piece of paper without his hand actually holding the pen; that's not the point here.
- etchalon 11mo agoThere is absolutely no evidence it was used without his knowledge.
- mlyle 11mo ago"Allegedly" is the key word here. Alleged by people who allege a whole lot of untrue things and don't seem to have any evidence for this particular thing.
- cosmicgadget 11mo agoDid he say that pardons were issued that he did not approve of?