Trump says any document signed by ‘Sleepy Joe Biden’ with autopen ‘is hereby terminated’

Published November 28, 2025 5:28pm ET



President Donald Trump on Friday said documents signed by former President Joe Biden using an autopen will no longer have any “force or effect,” due to allegations they were signed without his full authorization. 

Trump said around 92% of the executive orders and other documents Biden issued were signed using an autopen for the former president’s signature. The president said he is “cancelling” the future implementation of those orders in the wake of investigations probing accusations that Biden’s senior aides hid his decline from the public by exercising presidential power in his name without his full understanding or consent.

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