President Donald Trump accused former Biden administration officials of illegal conduct involving the presidential autopen and said those responsible should face arrest and prosecution.
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President Donald Trump on Saturday called for the arrest of Biden administration officials he accused of illegally using the presidential autopen, escalating his long-running criticism of executive actions taken under former President Joe Biden.
In a statement posted Saturday afternoon on Truth Social, Trump questioned the legality of documents signed using the autopen during Biden’s presidency and asserted that such actions carried no legal force.
“Everyone is asking about the Autopen?” Trump wrote. “What was done is totally illegal, and anything signed that way is of ‘no further force or effect.’”
Trump alleged that the individual operating the autopen did so without proper authorization from Biden and claimed the process lacked written approval.
“The person who ‘worked’ the Autopen had no idea whether or not Biden approved of what he was doing,” Trump wrote. “There was no ORDER in writing, and it was an absolutely illegal act perpetrated by the Radical Left Insurrectionists who illegally ran the Biden Administration.”
The president has previously argued that executive orders and pardons issued through the autopen during Biden’s term were invalid. In Saturday’s post, he went further, explicitly calling for arrests and criminal consequences for those involved.
“Every one of them should be arrested for what they have done to our Country,” Trump wrote. “They didn’t win the Presidency but, when you think of it, neither did Joe Biden.”
Trump concluded by alleging election misconduct and warning of severe repercussions.
“The whole thing was RIGGED,” he wrote. “There must be a price to pay, and it has got to be a BIG ONE!”
No Justice Department action related to Trump’s claims was announced as of Saturday, and the Biden administration has not responded publicly to the accusations.
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