AG Bondi Launches Probe into Biden Autopen Scandal Following Oversight Report

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on October 28, 2025, that her office has initiated a review of former President Joe Biden's use of an autopen for signing pardons, crediting House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) for providing critical evidence.

Bondi stated on X: "My team has already initiated a review of the Biden administration’s reported use of autopen for pardons. @RepJamesComer’s new information is extremely helpful... We’ll continue working with @GOPoversight to deliver accountability."

Comer's committee released a report the same day, deeming numerous Biden executive actions "invalid" due to lack of proof of his personal involvement. The 90-page document, based on 14 depositions and thousands of emails, accuses aides of covering up Biden's cognitive decline while using the autopen for over 1,200 documents from September 2024 to January 2025.

Key findings:

• No contemporaneous records verify Biden attended four alleged "verbal approval" meetings for categorical pardons (CARES Act inmates, death row commutations, crack-powder disparities, Biden family).
• Biden's physician Kevin O'Connor and Jill Biden's chief Anthony Bernal invoked the Fifth Amendment on decline-related questions.
• Hunter Biden attended pardon review meetings despite his influence-peddling conviction.

Comer told Just the News: "We've handed this to Pam Bondi on a silver platter... Now it's up to her to bring these people in." He demanded all autopen-signed pardons and orders be declared "null and void," arguing legal documents require presidential signature.

Biden defended autopen use in a July 2025 New York Times interview, claiming he made all decisions but admitting aides handled categorical pardons without individual reviews.

The probe could lead to revoking high-profile pardons and charges against aides for obstruction or unauthorized actions. Bondi and Comer pledged full cooperation for accountability.