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Biden denies White House aides granted clemency without his knowledge

Edward Helmore

created: July 14, 2025, 12:55 p.m. | updated: July 14, 2025, 3:15 p.m.

Joe Biden has denied claims that his circle of aides acted without his knowledge when he granted a slew of pardons and commutations in the final days and hours of his presidency. But Trump claims he does that “only for very unimportant papers” or signing return letters that come from “letters of support for young people, from people that aren’t feeling well, etc. But to sign pardons and all of the things that he signed with an autopen is disgraceful.”No law governs a president’s use of an autopen. Biden has previously pushed back on Republican claims he was unaware of what was being issued in his name. Any suggestion that I didn’t is ridiculous and false.”In his most recent remarks, to the Times, Biden accused Republicans of using the autopen issue as diversion.

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