A question recently came to my mind about the validity of then President Joe Biden’s blanket pardons. I know the Dems will call my concern frivolous, but hear me out, as I have three separate concerns.
First: Is there any past history of any other President issuing pardons for things for which an individual has not been found guilty and furthermore has not even yet been charged? … No!
Think momentarily about the absurdity of this. For instance if it is learned next week that one of those pardoned individuals might have participated in a murder or a plot to commit murder, would Biden’s pardon cover it? Or on a more mundane level if it is discovered that a pardoned individual has accumulated thousands of dollars in parking tickets, should we just assume “abracadabra” that Biden’s blanket pardon covers these also and just ignore them?
Second:
While Joe Biden may have signed all of those pardons, did he actually know what he was signing? Remember that President Biden vowed not to ever pardon his son, Hunter. What happened?
Special counsel Robert Hur released a 388-page report on President Biden’s retention of classified material, finding the president frequently showed limitations with his memory and recall.
“We have also considered that, at trial, Mr. Biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview of him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory,” Hur wrote.
“Based on our direct interactions with and observations of him, he is someone for whom many jurors will want to identify reasonable doubt. It would be difficult to convince a jury that they should convict him — by then a former president well into his eighties — of a serious felony that requires a mental state of willfulness.”
Note that Hur specifically referenced Biden’s “poor memory” as well as questioning his “mental state of willfulness.”
Third: is it possible that Joe Biden’s signature on all or some of his pardons was made by an autopen? Is there a way to tell if signatures have been made by an autopen? Possibly, as autopen signatures are usually of the same thickness and pressure throughout, and resemble a signature in black marker pen. Uniformity of the signature is typical of autopen signatures.
If some of these pardon signatures were in fact made by an autopen, are the pardons legal? Could there have been more than a singular autopen signature which, of course, would be more difficult to identify which are valid and which are not. If an autopen signature was used even once, was Joe Biden even aware of what he had supposedly signed?
So in conclusion I am dubious of the validity of President Joe Biden’s multiple pardons. … Hmmm!
3/15/25