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Sorry J6ers. All of your 1000+ pardons were done with autopen."
The post includes images of the Federal Register's publicly available version of the pardons and says
I’m like, look, we made it very clear what happened on Jan. 6,
Kinzinger said Monday
First off, I’m trying to figure out what he’s trying to distract from, ’cause that’s what all this is — always a distraction to try to get people’s attention,
he told Jake TapperSo, my reaction to him is like, you know what? Then bring it!”
Kinzinger said Monday about potential chargesThe president possesses the power to pardon, but there is no specification (unlike for signing of bills) that this pardon be in writing,
said Bernadette Meyler, a Stanford University scholar of British and American constitutional law
At the beginning of each administration, the White House sends a sample of the President’s signature to the Office of the Federal Register, which uses it to create the graphic image for all Presidential Documents published in the Federal Register,
the National Archives wrote to SnopesThe law undoubtedly is, that when a pardon is complete, there is no power to revoke it, any more than there is power to revoke any other completed act.”
In an 1869 ruling, a federal court wroteEven under Trump’s conception of unlimited presidential power, a future president could undo anything he did – and I assume he would not be happy with that,
said Michael Gerhardt, a University of North Carolina law professorPardons are final and irrevocable,
Kalt saidPresidents historically have not personally signed grants of pardons for every individual they granted clemency to,
notably when granted in large batches such as mass amnesties following wars ... said Dan Kobil, a Capital Law School professorThe DOJ opinion does give Biden cover here,
Michigan State University law professor Brian Kalt saidEverything was signed by autopen – almost everything,
Trump said on March 13.If you do letters where people write in and they'd love to have a response and we write responses—I'll sign them whenever I can, but when I can't I will use an autopen."
Speaking to reporters at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. on Monday, he said
But to use them for what they've used them for is terrible."
Commenting on the Biden administration's alleged use of autopens, Trump said on MondayThe President need not personally perform the physical act of affixing his signature to a bill he approves and decides to sign in order for the bill to become law,
wrote the DOJ
To sign pardons and all of the things that [Biden] signed with an autopen is disgraceful,
Trump said, appearing to briefly acknowledge that Biden did in fact sign themYou’re a reporter, you should find out.”
Asked whether there was any evidence Biden was not aware of the pardons, Leavitt said
I went through four years of hell by the scum that we had to deal with … It’s really hard to say that they shouldn’t have to go through it all,
he told Fox News in his first week back in officeBut none has shown the same symptoms of senility and dementia [as Biden],
the newspaper saidThe members of the Jan 6 Committee are all proud of our work. Your threats will not intimidate us. Or silence us.”
Following Trump’s post, Schiff responded