US President Donald Trump on Tuesday asked his Treasury Secretary to investigate whether his predecessor, Joe Biden, used an electronic signature system to sign the nominations of some Democratic members of the Reserve Board of Governors. … Federal. “I heard that the electronic signature system could have signed, maybe all four, or maybe a few. “We’ll take two,” Trump said Tuesday at a rally in Pennsylvania. “Could you check, Scott?” Trump asked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who was in attendance.
Trump has previously questioned the validity of Biden’s official documents signed using an autopen, a mechanical device that replicates a person’s signature and has been used for decades by presidents of both parties.
Last week, Trump announced the rescinding of pardons and commutations granted by Biden in January, which he said were signed with an automatic pen. This measure, according to lawyers, lacks legal basis. (Reporting by Nandita Bose and Jarrett Renshaw; editing by Ross Colvin, Himani Sarkar and Edmund Klamann)
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