The U.S. Department of Justice will review the Biden administration’s use of an autopen for thousands of pardons, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed Tuesday.
The congressional investigation, led by Chairman James Comer, details the environment within the Biden White House that committee members alleged led to the issuance of thousands of pardons for family members, COVID-19-related decision makers, congressmembers, and thousands of others.
“The Committee has investigated whether senior Biden White House officials possibly exercised the authority of the former president or intentionally concealed President Biden’s rapidly worsening mental and physical state,” the committee stated in the report. “The Committee has found evidence to indicate they did both.”
He also commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 individuals.
The committee recommended the DOJ investigate all of Biden’s executive actions, particularly clemency actions, to assess whether legal action is warranted to void any of the actions he did not take himself.
“As President Biden declined, his staff abused the autopen and lax chain-of-command policy to effect executive actions that lack any documentation of whether they were in fact authorized,” the report alleged.
Comer commented on the report Tuesday.
He also asked the DOJ to conduct a thorough review of autopen-related actions and scrutinize key Biden aides who claimed their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination before Congress, declining to answer questions for fear of prosecution.
The Bidens were contacted for comment and did not immediately respond.