Trump says Biden pardons are 'void' because they were signed with autopen

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Close aides to Trump have said his own authorship of Truth Social posts can be detected by factors including the free use of capital letters.
34% : but I would say that they're null and void, because I'm sure Biden didn't have any idea that it was taking place, and somebody was using an autopen to sign off and to give pardons." On 20 January, his last day in office, Biden gave pre-emptive pardons to all members of the House committee that investigated the deadly January 6 attack on Congress, which Trump incited in his attempt to overturn his defeat by Biden in the 2020 election.
31% : In a post to his social media platform, Trump used his abusive nickname for Biden and referred to members of the House January 6 committee when he wrote: "The 'Pardons; that Sleepy Joe Biden gave to the Unselect Committee of Political Thugs, and many others, are hereby declared VOID, VACANT, AND OF NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT, because of the fact that they were done by Autopen.
28% : In his social media post, Trump wrote: "The necessary Pardoning Documents were not explained to, or approved by, Biden.
27% : But Trump also made the claim aboard Air Force One on Sunday, telling reporters: "It's not my decision - that'll be up to a court -
26% : Court precedents suggest Trump is wrong to say a president must personally sign any pardon, reprieve or other act of clemency.
15% : President claims without evidence that January 6 panel members' pre-emptive clemency was not signed personally Donald Trump claimed on Monday that pardons signed by Joe Biden were "void, vacant and of no further force and effect" because they were signed with an autopen.
15% : "In other words, Joe Biden did not sign them but, more importantly, he did not know anything about them!" Trump did not offer evidence for his claim.

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