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WASHINGTON - Sen. Ted Cruz is calling into question the constitutionality of former President Joe Biden 's issued pardons and clemencies through the use of autopen.
The Texas Republican claims in a letter sent to Attorney General Pam Bondi that Biden's pardons were issued based on a broad criteria instead of a case-by-case basis and that some were signed by autopen.
Cruz claims the clemencies violate the core constitutional requires to issue such clemencies and pardons.
"These core Constitutional requirements, considerations, and expectations were swept aside in the final months of the Biden administration for partisan and personal motives by President Biden, his family, and his top officials," Cruz said.
Biden commuted the sentences of nearly 4,000 inmates in the final mo