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Top Biden aide admits to Congress she directed autopen signatures without knowing who gave final approval
Story by Alec Schemmel, Elizabeth Elkind • 7h

First Biden administration official testifies about his mental health and use of the autopen
A former top aide to President Joe Biden said she was authorized to direct autopen signatures but was unaware of who in the president's inner circle was giving her final clearance, according to a source familiar with the aide's closed-door testimony in front of Congress Tuesday.
 
Neera Tanden, the former director of Biden's Domestic Policy Council, testified for hours Tuesday during an interview in front of the House Oversight Committee, which is investigating the former president's mental acuity and his use of an automatic signature tool that allowed aides to sign pardons, memos and other important documents on Biden's behalf.

During Tanden's interview before Congress, which lasted more than five hours, she told lawmakers that, in her role as staff secretary and senior advisor to the former president between 2021 and 2023, she was authorized to direct autopen signatures on behalf of Biden, an Oversight Committee official told Fox News. The system of approval used, according to Tanden's testimony relayed to Fox News, was inherited from previous administrations.

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I wonder who she's taking the fall for and how much she earned?  It makes no sense an aide would have that kind of access to the auto-signature.  If she did, what other things did people other than Biden have access to? :pondering:
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Top Biden aide admits to Congress she directed autopen signatures without knowing who gave final approval

Neera Tanden said she never discussed Biden's mental acuity with other White House officials during time as top aide

By Alec Schemmel , Elizabeth Elkind Fox News
Published June 24, 2025 9:53pm EDT

A former top aide to President Joe Biden said she was authorized to direct autopen signatures but was unaware of who in the president's inner circle was giving her final clearance, according to a source familiar with the aide's closed-door testimony in front of Congress Tuesday.

Neera Tanden, the former director of Biden's Domestic Policy Council, testified for hours Tuesday during an interview in front of the House Oversight Committee, which is investigating the former president's mental acuity and his use of an automatic signature tool that allowed aides to sign pardons, memos and other important documents on Biden's behalf.

During Tanden's interview before Congress, which lasted more than five hours, she told lawmakers that, in her role as staff secretary and senior advisor to the former president between 2021 and 2023, she was authorized to direct autopen signatures on behalf of Biden, an Oversight Committee official told Fox News. The system of approval used, according to Tanden's testimony relayed to Fox News, was inherited from previous administrations.

But Tanden, who said she had limited interactions with Biden, described an approval process that left her in the dark about who specifically was giving final approval on the decisions to use the automatic signature tool, sources told Fox News.

Tanden testified that to get approval for the use of autopen signatures she would send decision memos to members of Biden's inner circle. However, she added that she was not aware of what actions or approvals took place between the time she sent the decision memo and the time she received it back with the necessary approval.

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This woman is being offered up as the fall gal.

She may have run the machine, but she took orders regarding what documents to run through it from others...

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This woman is being offered up as the fall gal.

She may have run the machine, but she took orders regarding what documents to run through it from others...
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