If the goal of current and former federal government officials was to restore some semblance of trust in our institutions, this past week has done absolutely nothing to move the ball forward in that direction. Either by a multitude of unforced errors and tacit admissions, or by information gathered from congressional investigations, the leadership of both parties has been exposed as the frauds and liars that, as many people understand instinctively, they have been all along.
The Joe Biden autopen scandal broke loose Monday following reporting from the New York Times revealing that White House staffers aggressively abused the digital signature of the former president to pardon dozens, including Biden’s son and brother and Democrat-aligned bureaucrats such as Dr. Anthony Fauci and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, and to commute over 4,200 prison sentences for people convicted of crimes up to and including first degree murder and knowingly supporting a terrorist organization.
