The GOP-led House Oversight Committee on Tuesday called on the Justice Department to investigate every executive action taken during the Biden administration.
The committee said it found evidence that some of former President Joe Biden’s orders and clemency decisions may have been issued without his personal approval.
In a 91-page report released early Tuesday, the committee said its investigation found no record that Biden authorized several executive actions, including presidential pardons and commutations.
The GOP-led House Oversight Committee on Tuesday called on the Justice Department to investigate every executive action taken during the Biden administration.
The committee said it found evidence that some of former President Joe Biden’s orders and clemency decisions may have been issued without his personal approval.
In a 91-page report released early Tuesday, the committee said its investigation found no record that Biden authorized several executive actions, including presidential pardons and commutations.
It further said his aides may have used the presidential autopen, a mechanical device that replicates signatures, to sign off on actions “without his knowledge.”
“Because of this,” the report said, “the Committee deems those actions taken through use of the autopen as void,” and it “finds numerous executive actions, particularly clemency actions, taken during the Biden administration were illegitimate.”
House Oversight Chair James Comer, R-Ky., urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate the scope of the issue.
“The Committee requests that you investigate all executive actions taken during the Biden administration to ascertain whether they are duly authorized by the President of the United States,” Comer wrote in a letter to Bondi.
The report alleges Biden’s aides made key executive decisions on his behalf in the final months of his presidency and failed to properly document his approval.
It also said aides used the autopen to issue pardons and commutations for members of Biden’s family and other individuals “without confirmed presidential authorization or proper documentation.”
The report was largely compiled over several months before the government shutdown began and is based on interviews with more than a dozen members of Biden’s inner circle.