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Trump Announces Plan to Void Most of Biden’s Executive Orders, Citing Autopen Claims

Former president Donald Trump says he will void most of Joe Biden’s executive orders, repeating unproven claims that many were signed with an autopen without Biden’s consent. Trump alleged "approximately 92%" of orders are invalid and threatened perjury charges if Biden disputes the claim. Republican allies praised the move, while the House report cited for the allegations offered no concrete evidence. Legal experts warn that attempting to rescind past pardons or orders would face major legal obstacles and could set a dangerous precedent.

03:28 AM, 11/29/2025Politics
Trump Announces Plan to Void Most of Biden’s Executive Orders, Citing Autopen Claims

Former president Donald Trump announced plans to cancel the majority of executive orders and some pardons issued by Joe Biden, repeating unproven allegations that many documents bearing Biden’s signature were produced using an autopen without the president’s consent.

"The Autopen is not allowed to be used if approval is not specifically given by the President of the United States,"
Trump wrote on social media, adding without evidence that "approximately 92%" of executive orders are therefore invalid and warning that "if he says he was, he will be brought up on charges of perjury."

Trump has repeatedly suggested—again without substantiation—that Biden was not fully in control of decision-making toward the end of his term and that aides may have used an autopen to sign documents on his behalf. He has also questioned the validity of pardons and other documents signed with an autopen, despite the device's long-standing use by multiple presidents. Trump himself has used an autopen in the past.

The announcement raised immediate legal and practical questions about how a president could retroactively invalidate pardons or executive orders. Legal experts say voiding past executive actions would face substantial legal obstacles and could set a troubling precedent, because autopen use by presidents has been routine for decades and signature devices do not on their own determine the legality of official acts.

Republican allies promptly embraced Trump’s statement. The Oversight Project, a unit associated with conservative advocacy groups that has investigated autopen use, thanked Trump on social media for taking its findings seriously. Representative James Comer, chair of the House Oversight Committee, praised the move on X, calling Biden’s autopen actions "NULL AND VOID."

The House Oversight Committee released a report in October accusing Biden’s inner circle of concealing the president’s cognitive decline and alleging that aides used the autopen to enact policies without his knowledge. The report did not provide concrete evidence that aides conspired to bypass Biden’s wishes or that he was unaware of laws, pardons, or executive orders signed in his name.

Democrats on the committee denounced the report as a "sham," and numerous legal scholars and commentators warned that attempts to void prior executive actions could produce significant constitutional and administrative complications. The controversy has sharpened partisan divisions while leaving open many unanswered legal questions about any effort to revoke previous administrations’ official acts.

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