Trump Orders Investigation Into Biden’s Executive Actions, Autopen Allegations

The investigation will focus on whether there was unlawful misuse of an autopen, a device that creates a facsimile of a presidential signature.

President Joe Biden looks on after delivering his farewell address to the nation from the Oval Office on Jan. 15, 2025. Mandel Ngan/Pool via Getty Images

President Donald Trump has ordered an investigation into whether officials in the Biden administration illegally exercised presidential power by using an autopen—a device that reproduces a presidential signature—without President Joe Biden’s direction.

A June 4 memorandum signed by Trump directs his administration to investigate “whether certain individuals conspired to deceive the public about Biden’s mental state and unconstitutionally exercise the authorities and responsibilities of the President.”