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   From: db@nyt.nbc   
      
   Washington — President Trump said Friday he is canceling all orders   
   signed by former President Joe Biden using an autopen, a mechanical   
   device that reproduces signatures.   
      
   "Any document signed" by Biden via the use of an autopen "is hereby   
   terminated, and of no further force or effect," Mr. Trump wrote on Truth   
   Social.   
      
   "I am hereby cancelling all Executive Orders, and anything else that was   
   not directly signed by Crooked Joe Biden, because the people who   
   operated the Autopen did so illegally," Mr. Trump said. "Joe Biden was   
   not involved in the Autopen process and, if he says he was, he will be   
   brought up on charges of perjury."   
      
   Biden signed 162 executive orders during his presidency, according to   
   the American Presidency Project. It's unclear how many were signed using   
   an autopen, though it's not unusual for presidents to revoke their   
   predecessor's directives.   
      
   Mr. Trump has already rolled back dozens of Biden's executive orders.   
   The president rescinded nearly 70 of Biden's executive orders shortly   
   after he was sworn in on Jan. 20 for his second term and another 19 on   
   March 14, according to the White House.   
      
   Mr. Trump previously ordered an investigation into the Biden White   
   House's use of the autopen to sign presidential documents like pardons,   
   claiming there was a "conspiracy" to "abuse the power of presidential   
   signatures through the use of an autopen to conceal Biden's cognitive   
   decline."   
      
   In a July statement, Biden called Mr. Trump's claims "nothing more than   
   distraction."   
      
   "Let me be clear: I made the decisions during my presidency. I made the   
   decisions about the pardons, executive orders, legislation, and   
   proclamations. Any suggestion that I didn't is ridiculous and false,"   
   Biden said.   
      
   House Republicans released a report last month that was critical of   
   Biden's autopen use, but did not include clear evidence that his aides   
   conspired to sign laws or other directives without his knowledge.   
      
   Presidents have long used an autopen to sign documents. In 2005, the   
   Justice Department under President George W. Bush said the president can   
   legally use an autopen to sign bills into law.   
      
   In March, Mr. Trump acknowledged he has also used an autopen, but "only   
   for very unimportant papers."   
      
   https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-cancels-biden-orders-signed-autopen/   
      
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