Getting Back to Autopen-Gate
One reason we see the Dems in synchronized hysteria over the Signal messaging non-Imbroglio is not only the typical “gotcha” game, but there is also far more in play.
With the dramatic street theater of Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14), Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA), and even Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), the contrived Street Theater had two desired effects.
First, some of the Democrat members of Congress were deluding themselves that they finally had an issue to stop getting crushed by President Trump and a growing measure of the American Electorate. However, those on the Blue Team that are clear-thinking know that they have a much larger issue in play: Autopen-Gate.
The second issue is the real reason for the Blue Histrionics. They are using chaff and flares to divert attention from the Autopen scandal. Autopen-Gate represents a distinct manifestation of a Constitutional Crisis.
The entire set of Biden Committee members that ran the Executive Branch during the era of #46 are culpable in a criminal RICO Conspiracy to evade the 25th Amendment and the requirement for a “wet signature” from the competent, cognizant President.
They performed this conspiracy to lie to the American public and Congress and hide a non-cognitive commander-in-chief. President Trump is in his full right to challenge every single document that was Autopenned by the Biden Committee.
This means potentially much of what was done during the era of the Biden Committee can be undone. This includes all the Pardons, all the Executive Orders, and all Congressional Legislation that was Autopenned into Enactment (Enacting is a fancy way of saying, “Signed by the President”).
There are indicators that it was White House Staff Secretary Neera Tanden who was the holder of the Autopen for this fraud. Being a CNN or MSNBC Contributor after leaving the Biden Committee is incriminating in itself.
The Oversight Project did an excellent analysis of Autopen-Gate. This is a very serious matter and cannot be trivialized, lightly dismissed, or faux fact-checked away. Their beginning statement explained the gravity of the situation:
“The United States Constitution vests numerous powers in one man and one man alone— the President of the United States. These powers include signing or vetoing bills, 1 signing or vetoing orders, resolutions, or certain legislative votes, 2 nominating and commissioning Officers, 3 and granting reprieves and pardons.4 In all of these instances, the President’s personal action is required, i.e., he “shall” perform some action. These mandates are exclusive to the President. Therefore, it is well established that the President cannot delegate these decisions to anyone.5 The President affixing his wet signature not only signifies consent, but is the legally required act.6”
Autopenning is a normal thing for past Presidents and Cabinet Secretaries on routine actions. Routine actions, that is, not more formal matters such as Executive Orders, Presidential Directives, and enacting legislation passed by Congress.
However, there were significant control measures in place.
As a closely related exemplar – for an official Secretary of Defense Memo, there had to be three things:
- A Date Stamp
- A Secretary of Defense Action Control Number
- A “Wet Signature” for any substantive action
There were several times senior officials would waive around a bootlegged copy of a memo and then were embarrassed because it did not have all three and the Secretary changed course, and the unofficial copy was nullified. I saw it personally on multiple occasions.
Sometimes a Secretary would “pre-Wet Sign” a document before going on leave or travel when waiting for final confirmation of an important fact in the document. If confirmation was received, then the Executive Secretary would simply date-stamp the document and release it.
The Secretary of Defense would “Wet Sign” all substantive issues – especially when the action was going to the President for final decision.
The evidence that Biden was not cognitively functional is overwhelming, yet multiple sworn officials, starting with Kamala, failed their duty to invoke the 25th Amendment.
Autopenning is not bad in itself. It is unrealistic to assume a President or Cabinet Secretary will personally sign everything.
Even if one has worked in the Office of the Secretary of Defense or the White House, unless one has been personally responsible for a staffing action for a Secretary of Defense or Presidential signature, one is blissfully unaware of the daily tsunami of staffing actions seeking a signature.
But the important actions should be receiving the personal signature “wet signature” of the President. President Trump has shown his “wet signature” multiple times starting January 20, 2025.
Retired Special Forces Colonel / Professor Steve Bucci, a Military Assistant for a past Secretary of Defense, someone who I watched and worked with closely as he did magnificent traffic control for actions coming in and out of the Secretary of Defense had this to say about the Biden Committee Autopen Scandal:
“I think they will say they followed the policy pre-approved by the President. That is frankly nonsense. It is never supposed to be used to circumvent the decision-making process. The Autopen is for routine actions, like signing photos and standard boilerplate response to letter type documents.
Policy, pardons, executive orders, honest to goodness decision documents are supposed to be read, approved, and signed by the principal, not Autopenned by a staffer. The biggest crisis we had was when (someone) decided to Autopen condolence letters.
When the Boss found out, he went nuts. That never happened again. We never used Autopen for anything operational such as Deployment Orders. This (the Biden Autopen scandal) is Woodrow Wilson level fraud.”
All Biden Committee Pardons and Actions should be considered null and void. Autopen-Gate is a serious Constitutional matter that may need to go to the Supreme Court for resolution. Never has a Committee run the Presidency under such false and willfully criminal RICO conditions.
Pardonees – lawyer up. This issue is not going away.
That includes you Kinzinger, Cheney, Hunter, Fauci, and all others.
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