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DOJ quietly closes autopen investigation targeting Biden and aides

The Washington Examiner0:38

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The Justice Department has quietly closed investigation into former President Joe Biden's use of an autopin to sign official documents, a probe initiated amid claims of cognitive decline.

The inquiry ordered by President Donald Trump in June sought to determine if aids used the device to conceal Biden's mental state with Trump arguing some orders should be invalidated.

It was never presented to a grand jury and was shut down under US Attorney Janine Piro, a Trump ally.

Conservative groups like the Oversight Project identified multiple autopin signatures and criticized the closure as a mischability in what they call the scandal of the century. Three.