articleThe Brief President Donald Trump argues that former President Joe Biden’s pardons were signed with an autopen. President Donald Trump claims that former President Joe Biden’s preemptive pardons for members of the House Jan. 6 select committee and others are invalid because he alleges that Biden used an autopen to sign them. An autopen is a device used to make automatic or remote signatures and has been used by celebrities and other public figures for decades. Trump claims Biden pardons signed with autopenWhy you should care:President Donald Trump’s claim that former President Joe Biden used an autopen is similar to an argument the Oversight Project, a group that's part of the Heritage Foundation think tank, made alleging that the pardons Biden signed on January 19 were signed with an autopen. Dig deeper:Former President Joe Biden has used an autopen before.