President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice is investigating pardons issued by former President Joe Biden over concerns about his competency and the use of an AutoPen to sign the documents, according to a report.
Ed Martin, the DOJ’s pardon attorney, wrote in an email reviewed by Reuters that the investigation would examine if Biden “was competent” and if other people were “taking advantage of him” by using the AutoPen “or other means.”
Reuters reported Martin’s investigation will examine the number of preemptive pardons Biden issued to members of the House Select Jan. 6 committee, his family members and their spouses, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and others.
The investigation will also examine the clemency approved by Biden that spared 37 federal inmates from the death penalty and instead c