Leavitt Pressed For Clarity On Trump's Claim Biden Pardons Are Invalid Due To Autopen

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00:00is determined to get one done.

00:02Caroline.

00:03Sure, Caitlin.

00:04I have two questions for you, one on the flights,

00:05but first on the president's post overnight,

00:08saying that the pardons that were issued

00:11by President Biden preemptively

00:13to members of the January 6th committee,

00:15that they're now null and void.

00:17Have attorneys here at the White House told President Trump

00:19that he has the legal authority to undo a pardon

00:23simply because it was signed by auto pen, as he said?

00:26The president was begging the question

00:28that I think a lot of journalists in this room

00:30should be asking about whether or not

00:32the former president of the United States,

00:35who I think we can all finally agree

00:36was cognitively impaired.

00:38I know it took people some time to finally admit that,

00:41but we all know that to be true,

00:42as evidenced by his disastrous debate performance

00:45against President Trump during the campaign.

00:47I digress on that.

00:49But the president was raising the point

00:51that did the president even know about these pardons?

00:55Was his legal signature used without his consent

00:58or knowledge?

00:59And that's not just the president

01:01or me raising those questions, Kaitlan.

01:03According to the New York Post,

01:04there are Biden officials from the previous White House

01:07who raised those questions and wondered

01:09if the president was even consulted

01:11about his legally binding signature

01:13being signed onto documents.

01:15And so I think it's a question that everybody in this room

01:18should be looking into because certainly

01:21that would propose perhaps criminal or illegal behavior

01:24if staff members were signing

01:26the president of the United States autograph

01:28without his consent.

01:29Is on the record talking about issuing preemptive pardons

01:32to these people.

01:33But was he aware of his signature being used

01:36on every single pardon?

01:37That's a question you should ask the Biden White House.

01:39Is there any evidence on that that he wasn't aware of it?

01:41You're a reporter.

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