On Thursday evening, Republican Senator Eric Schmitt (MO) demanded access to sealed Biden autopen records. This comes after Neera Tanden admitted she controlled the autopen for 18 months. An ex-Biden official, Tanden, admitted under oath to the House Oversight Committee that she controlled the autopen and she was the one who handed out 6 pardons while Biden was out of the country on vacation.
According to the Washington Examiner, Neera Tanden testified that she was also authorized to direct the autopen; however, she denied manipulation or abuse. She also admitted using the autopen without getting orders from Joe Biden to do so. That in itself is a no-no.
VISIT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNELYou were White House Staff Secretary when Biden autopenned pardons from the golf course in USVI.
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— Oversight Project (@ItsYourGov) March 17, 2025
When asked if there was a cover up of Joe Biden health decline, Neera Tanden said, “absolutely not.”
Ex-Biden aide Neera Tanden tells Oversight Committee she was authorized to use autopen
DETAILS: https://t.co/x1mGAvecPi pic.twitter.com/7ejUlqc6uv
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) June 24, 2025
🚨I just took a first-of-its-kind act on the Biden autopen coverup.
Using my authority as Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Constitution, I have submitted a “special access request” to Archivist Marco Rubio to obtain sealed documents.
It may blow this whole thing open. 🧵 pic.twitter.com/YITBiyC4sH
— Senator Eric Schmitt (@SenEricSchmitt) June 26, 2025
Schmitt said:
“I previewed this action this morning. The Biden mental decline coverup was one of the most damning scandals in U.S. history.”
“A key priority of mine is to make sure that something like this will never happen again. The only way to do that is to figure out what went wrong and who was running the country. With the requested documents, the subcommittee can begin work on crafting a solution.”
“This is a bigger scandal than Watergate.”
“The “special access request” is a provision of the Presidential Records Act that authorizes a congressional subcommittee to obtain past presidential records necessary for the conduct of its business, even if those records are not yet available to the general public.”
I previewed this action this morning. The Biden mental decline coverup was one of the most damning scandals in U.S. history.
A key priority of mine is to make sure that something like this will never happen again. The only way to do that is to figure out what went wrong and who… pic.twitter.com/9ZWrhnoLR2
— Senator Eric Schmitt (@SenEricSchmitt) June 26, 2025
The “special access request” is a provision of the Presidential Records Act that authorizes a congressional subcommittee to obtain past presidential records necessary for the conduct of its business, even if those records are not yet available to the general public. pic.twitter.com/V2bkx0wXMN
— Senator Eric Schmitt (@SenEricSchmitt) June 26, 2025
Schmitt said:
“Given Biden’s profound mental decline, there are serious questions about the validity of orders signed by autopen in his name.”
“Accordingly, I have requested for the subcommittee access to all Biden White House memoranda concerning autopen procedures and authorization.”
“I have also requested Biden White House documents about specific uses of the autopen, as well as about pardons made in the final months of his term, Biden’s “Equal Rights Amendment” declaration, and any discussion of the 25th amendment.”
Given Biden’s profound mental decline, there are serious questions about the validity of orders signed by autopen in his name.
Accordingly, I have requested for the subcommittee access to all Biden White House memoranda concerning autopen procedures and authorization. pic.twitter.com/HOCBOXxKpt
— Senator Eric Schmitt (@SenEricSchmitt) June 26, 2025
I have also requested Biden White House documents about specific uses of the autopen, as well as about pardons made in the final months of his term, Biden’s “Equal Rights Amendment” declaration, and any discussion of the 25th amendment.
— Senator Eric Schmitt (@SenEricSchmitt) June 26, 2025
‘AUTOPEN PRESIDENCY’ : The Constitutional Crisis of Biden’s Presidency@SenEricSchmitt, R-Mo., speaks at today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, “Unfit to Serve: How the Biden Cover-Up Endangered America and Undermined the Constitution.”
“It was the Autopen Presidency, a… pic.twitter.com/vbG6TXGCW1
— The Daily Signal (@DailySignal) June 18, 2025
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