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Trump says he’s cancelling all Biden orders that were signed using an autopen
Trump vows to terminate every document his predecessor signed, and if Biden lied about using an autopen, he would be charged with perjury
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Khushboo Razdanin Washington
US President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he was nullifying all documents signed by autopen during the administration of his predecessor, Joe Biden.
“Any document signed by Sleepy Joe Biden with the Autopen, which was approximately 92% of them, is hereby terminated, and of no further force or effect,” Trump said on social media.
He added that he was “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.”
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Trump had already moved quickly after returning to the White House in January, issuing an order revoking nearly 80 Biden-era executive orders. Some of those remain in effect and may now be cancelled.
During his presidency, from January 2021 to January 2025, Biden issued 162 executive orders, including on China’s national security risks, investment limits, sensitive tech controls, data restrictions, tariffs and supply-chain reviews.
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