President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered the White House legal counsel and U.S. attorney general to investigate when Biden administration staff used an autopen to sign the former president's name on official documents, alleging that Biden might not have known or approved of their actions.

The inquiry represents an escalation in Trump's animosity toward and legal action against former President Joe Biden, who vehemently denies the allegations that he didn't know what executive orders or pardons were signed during his term.

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Trump has repeatedly suggested that Biden wasn't fully cognizant during the end of his administration. Similar concerns were reported on by dozens of news organizations following Biden's answers

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