Former President Joe Biden experienced such “cognitive decline” while in office that it remains a serious question as to whether he was aware of the substance of the various pardons and commutations signed in his name via autopen, the GOP-controlled House Oversight Committee asserted in a letter it sent to Attorney General Pam Bondi, urging her to consider whether that clemency might be invalid and to take action for potential prosecution against some of Biden’s aides.

The committee “deems void President Biden’s executive actions that were signed using the Autopen, and the committee determines that action by the Department of Justice is warranted to address the legal consequences of that determination,” it wrote to Bondi released Tuesday morning.

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    So let’s say they actually try to enforce this. How do they know which signatures are autopen and which aren’t? They (the GOP) will probably just say they all were, but I can’t imagine it holding up in court against any reasonable judge.

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      You’re presuming there would be a reasonable judge and not one already bought and paid for.

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        No, I’m not presuming that. That’s why I specifically started “reasonable judge”. It’s obvious an unreasonable judge wouldn’t care.