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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Joe Sommerlad

Biden’s autopen pardons are null and void due to ‘mental decline’, House Oversight Committee says

Republicans on the House Oversight Committee have written to Attorney General Pam Bondi claiming that former president Joe Biden’s “cognitive decline” was so severe he may not have been aware of pardons he allegedly signed by autopen.

Conservatives on the committee advise Bondi that the 4,245 presidential pardons and commutations issued by the Democrat, 82, should therefore be placed under review and could be considered invalid.

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