Republicans want to investigate former President Joe Biden’s use of the autopen. Did he personally grant broad (and possibly unconstitutional) pardons for family members, members of the January 6 Committee and Anthony Fauci, or did someone else make the decision? Was he responsible for all the executive orders issued under his name, or did White House personnel make those decisions?

If he did not personally sign various documents, are they valid?

The House has announced that the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will be investigating Biden’s use of an "autopen" to sign documents such as the pardons issued just before he left office. Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) said in a statement he plans to subpoena former Biden aides Annie Tomasini, Anthony Bernal and Ashley Williams, who he claims “ran interference” for Biden and may have overseen the use of the autopen.

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Meanwhile, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) is demanding the upper chamber hold hearings on Biden’s health and competence, and rightly so. He wants to interview people who were close to the former president. As he told Axios, "We have to. I mean, who was running the government?"

The Justice Department has taken up the issue as well, under the leadership of newly appointed

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