President Donald Trump has ordered a comprehensive probe into former US President Joe Biden’s administration, directing the Department of Justice to examine whether unelected people effectively governed the country during his tenure.
The probe is focused on Biden’s final acts in office, especially the use of autopen signatures on official documents favouring family members, political allies, and most importantly, the commutation of the 37 death sentences according to an executive directive published by the White House on Wednesday. The recent events surrounding former president Joe Biden’s health have raised serious questions, as doctors diagnosed him with rapidly “metastasising aggressive cancer."
This has raised certain eyebrows in Washington regarding whether there has been a misuse of Presidential authority in the country by unelected people.
“Given clear indications that President Biden could not exercise his Presidential authority, if his advisors secretly used the mechanical signature pen to conceal this incapacity while taking radical executive actions all in his name, that would constitute an unconstitutional wielding of the power of the Presidency,” Trump’s order said.
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During his last phase as president, the investigation centres on allegations that Biden’s cognitive decline allowed staffers to make key decisions without his direct input. Trump has previously accused Biden’s senior aides of potentially committing “treason at the highest level” if they exploited his predecessor’s alleged cognitive decline to implement policies he may not have personally supported.
The Justice Department investigation aims to determine whether all executive actions were authorised by Biden himself. Attorney General Pam Bondi and White House Counsel David Warrington have been tasked with leading the inquiry. The investigation was ordered as many commentators, including Trump, alleged that the illness had developed over several years and that Biden’s inner circle deliberately withheld the diagnosis from the public.
US Senator Ron Johnson, who chairs the Homeland Security investigative subcommittee, has launched a separate probe into a potential cover-up relating to the former president’s health. If proven correct, this could trigger a massive political fallout in the US, especially given the hostile nature Trump and his administration maintain against the rival democrats.
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