Senator Ted Cruz has written a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi offering to help investigate what he calls the Biden administration’s abuse of presidential clemency power through the use of an autopen. The Texas Republican says the former president and his officials broke constitutional rules for pardons by using the automatic signing device.
In the final months of his presidency, Biden granted clemency to more than 4,200 people. This included roughly 1,500 inmates in December and 2,500 more commutations in January, which was the most ever by a president in a single day. Many of these pardons were signed using an autopen rather than Biden’s own hand, raising questions about whether presidents can legally use such devices.
