Were Biden's pardons signed with autopen?

President Trump claims "many" of Biden's pardons are void because they were signed automatically and not by hand.

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Trump did not provide evidence for his claim - which was posted on Truth Social.

BBC Verify has found several instances of Biden signing pardons by hand rather than by autopen.

And a sample presidential signature is used on US government documents when they are stored in the Federal Register - a digital archive. This was the case under Trump as well as under Biden.

Legal experts also told us that there is nothing in US law which would invalidate pardons signed by autopen.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxqk1x0n5lo

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