President Donald Trump claimed without evidence early Monday that pardons granted by then-President Joe Biden to lawmakers on the disbanded select House committee that investigated the 2021 Capitol riot were invalid because he used an automatic pen.
“The ‘Pardons’ that Sleepy Joe Biden gave to the Unselect Committee of Political Thugs, and many others, are hereby declared VOID, VACANT, AND OF NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT, because of the fact that they were done by Autopen,” Trump posted on Truth Social early Monday. “In other words, Joe Biden did not sign them but, more importantly, he did not know anything about them!”
It’s unclear if Trump’s proclamation will be acted upon. Members of the House Jan. 6 select committee — who were targeted by Trump in the past with threats of prosecution — have not been charged with violating any committee-related crime.
