Rep. Burchett Alleges Biden Staffers Used Autopen to Sell Pardons

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WATCH: Rep. Burchett Alleges Biden Staffers Used Autopen to Sell Pardons
by Cassandra MacDonald May. 21, 2025 12:00 pm


Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett has alleged that staffers in Joe Biden’s administration engaged in a “cash for clemency” scheme, using an autopen to issue pardons in exchange for financial payoffs.

An autopen is a device that mechanically reproduces signatures.

On Tuesday, Rep. Burchett appeared on “The Benny Johnson Show” and stated, “You are gonna find staffers that were able to take forms, get them and run them through some sort of bogus legal system, then they auto-penned them.”

Burchett said he believes there was a pay-for-pardon scheme happening, and pointed to a historical scandal involving former Tennessee Governor Ray Blanton, who was implicated in selling pardons in the 1970s.

“Tennessee has had a history of this; we had a governor … he sold pardons,” Burchett said. “You can look it up. His name is Ray Blanton. It made national news.”

    “And there’s people out on the street that shouldn’t be, but somebody got rich off that. And I think those people — I hate to say it, but you’ll see something probably horrible happen to some of those people because it goes up the chain. This is a very dangerous town to play games in.”

Burchett speculated that staffers, potentially earning modest salaries, could have been offered up to “a quarter of a mil” to facilitate these pardons.

“I have no direct proof of that, but I’m just talking about history. You’ve got somebody making $100,000 a year, and somebody offers you a quarter of a mil in some safety deposit box … yeah,” the congressman said.

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[DefiantMassRINO]

Unless someone is going to be criminally charged, don't waste taxpayer time and money with, yet, another investigation to nowhere.

Use the time to finish writing last Fiscal Year's budget, useless dinks.

[jafo2010]

The criminality of the Biden Administration being revealed each passing day will require Congress to investigate what exactly went on in the White House.  I am sure there are a dozen or so folks that should spend a rather large number of years in prison cooling their heels. 

The problem rests with the incompetent Republicans that are incapable of doing anything.  Rep Trey Gowdy's investigation into Benghazi is still fresh in my mind.  All I heard was how greater a prosecutor Gowdy was prior to his days in Congress, and he will bring the truth to the surface, and what did we see, a big fat nothing.

And then there is the corrupt FBI, who should investigate such undertakings, but because of their corruption, I am sure they are being told what to do by someone/or entity which has nothing to do with seeking the truth or justice for those that made a mockery of the office of president.

And last but not least is the miserably incompetent VP Harris, whose responsibility it was to start the process to execute the 25th Amendment in regard to Joe Biden.  Biden was nonfunctional, and Harris was completely incompetent.  And believe me, no one involved will EVER answer for what happened.

And while Congress should take action so that this never happens again, our do nothing Congress will just keep the clown act continuing as is.

[mountaineer]

Wasn't "cash for pardons" a thing back in the Bubba Clinton days?