JOE Biden’s presidency has been rocked by claims that his autopen signature was mechanically stamped on nearly every official document he signed in office.
Fresh concerns are now brewing over whether he even knew what he was approving after a bombshell report by the conservative Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project was released.
Biden’s signature on official documents is under scrutiny after a report found an autopen may have been used for nearly every order he signed[/caption]
Critics claim Biden’s autopen signature raises questions about whether he knew what he was approving during his presidency[/caption]
Side-by-side comparisons of Biden’s signatures show striking similarities[/caption]
The report claims that Biden’s name was signed using an autopen —a mechanical device that replicates signatures — on nearly every executive order and official document during his four-year tenure.
The findings have prompted Missouri’s Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey to demand a Justice Department investigation, warning that Biden’s cognitive decline may have allowed unelected staff to push through radical policies without his knowledge.
“If true, these executive orders, pardons, and all other actions are unconstitutional and legally void,” Bailey declared.
One of the autopen-signed orders included Biden’s August 2022 directive safeguarding abortion access in emergencies, while another was a December 2024 order closing federal offices to honor late ex-US President Jimmy Carter.
The Oversight Project said it gathered “every document we could find with Biden’s signature over the course of his presidency” and found that all but one — his July 2024 letter dropping out of the presidential race — used the identical autopen signature.
In a scathing social media post, the group quipped: “Whoever controlled the autopen controlled the presidency.”
A review by the Daily Mail of over 25 Biden executive orders on the Federal Register found that every single one bore the same signature.
A New York Post comparison of executive orders signed by Biden, Donald Trump, and Barack Obama similarly found Biden’s autopen signature to be suspiciously consistent.
Questions over Biden’s mental state
Biden’s presidency was dogged by concerns over his mental sharpness.
At 82, he was the oldest president in U.S. history, frequently making verbal gaffes, appearing lost in public, and even using a shorter staircase to board Air Force One.
During a private conversation with House Speaker Mike Johnson, Biden reportedly forgot about an executive order he had signed on natural gas, fuelling suspicions about whether he understood what he was authorizing.
Johnson recalled that Biden claimed he had only signed an order for a study on energy exports — but when pressed, he appeared unaware he had actually issued a full ban.
Bailey cited this as further proof that Biden’s staff may have been exploiting his declining mental sharpness to push policy behind the scenes.
“There are profound reasons to suspect that Biden’s staff and political allies exploited his mental decline to issue purported presidential orders without his knowing approval,” Bailey wrote in his letter to the DOJ watchdog.
Concerns about Biden’s mental sharpness plagued his administration[/caption]
Andrew Bailey requested that the DOJ look into whether Biden’s cognitive deterioration allowed unelected officials to make calls without him knowing[/caption]
Autopen: a presidential tradition
Autopens have been used by U.S. Presidents dating back to Harry Truman, with Barack Obama using one to sign a major fiscal bill in 2013.
But unlike other past presidents, the scale of Biden’s apparent reliance on the device seems unprecedented.
Former President George W. Bush had the Justice Department review the legality of autopen signatures but ultimately chose not to use it, fearing legal challenges.
Now, questions swirl over whether Biden’s use of the device was mere convenience — or a sign that he was a figurehead president whose staffers wielded real power.
What is an autopen?
AN autopen is a mechanical device that replicates a person’s signature with extreme precision.
It is commonly used by high-ranking officials, including U.S. presidents, to sign documents without requiring them to do so by hand each time.
The device works by tracing a pre-programmed signature template, ensuring consistency across multiple documents.
While autopens have been in use since at least the 19th century, their modern versions are electronically controlled and can produce signatures that look identical each time.
In politics, autopens have been a topic of controversy, especially when used for signing critical documents like executive orders, pardons, and legislation.
Some argue that their use is a necessary efficiency tool, while others claim it raises concerns about authenticity, legal validity, and whether the signer is actually aware of what is being approved.
