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House Oversight Chairman James Comer stunned the political world this week by announcing new evidence in what his office calls the “autopen” scandal — evidence he says could render Joe Biden’s last-minute pardons null and void. Comer’s committee published a sweeping staff report alleging that aides used an autopen to reproduce the president’s signature on executive actions when Biden was incapacitated, and the chairman has demanded a full DOJ review.
The report, bluntly titled “The Biden Autopen Presidency: Decline, Delusion, and Deception in the White House,” details interviews and depositions in which senior aides reportedly admitted there was no consistent chain of custody or clear authorization for many actions taken in the final months of the administration. According to the committee, that chaotic process left critical decisions — including dozens of clemency actions — open to serious doubt about their legitimacy.
Comer didn’t stop at headlines: he has formally referred documents and named individuals for further scrutiny, asking the Department of Justice to investigate and even asking the D.C. Board of Medicine to review the conduct of the president’s physician. Several key aides invoked the Fifth during committee questioning, which should alarm every American who cares about accountability in the highest office.
Let’s be clear: congressional committees don’t have the unilateral power to unwind pardons, and the Oversight Committee itself admits as much — which is why Comer is pushing the DOJ to act and asking federal prosecutors to determine whether the rule of law was subverted. If these acts were executed without the president’s authorization because aides bypassed fundamental safeguards, the legal and constitutional consequences could be severe.
Of course, the usual chorus in the mainstream media and on the left is scrambling to discredit the findings, trotting out historical precedent that autopens have been used before and insisting critics are merely engaging in partisan spectacle. Those talking points don’t erase the committee’s heavy document record and sworn testimony alleging a coordinated cover-up to hide a president’s decline — and conservatives should not cede the field to spin.
Americans deserve more than muddy explanations and agency memos; they deserve a transparent, independent probe that gets to the bottom of who actually authorized sweeping presidential powers when the president himself may not have been in a position to do so. This isn’t about partisan victory — it’s about restoring faith in the presidency and ensuring no future administration can quietly outsource constitutional authority to unelected aides.
Patriots who love this country must insist on accountability now: every questionable pardon, every opaque executive action, and every evasive witness should be pursued until the truth is laid bare. If the American people find out their government operated in secret and lawlessness at the highest levels, there must be consequences — not comfort for those who covered it up.
