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The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore in New York

Republican leading inquiry into Biden’s autopen use has digitally signed letters

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James Comer at the Capitol in Washington DC on 3 July. Photograph: Graeme Sloan/EPA

A Kentucky Republican leading the Trump administration’s investigation into Joe Biden’s mental capacities during his time in office, including Biden’s reliance, like many other presidents, on an automatic signature machine, has been shown to have used a digital signature himself in the course of the investigation.

NBC reported that some letters and subpoena notices issued by James Comer, which were sent out in connection to his investigation into Biden’s use of the so-called autopen, bore a digital signature.

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