An energy watchdog group reported to Breitbart News after an investigation that it found evidence of "criminal" impersonation of the president in how the autopen was used to approve legislation and executive actions.
Energy expert Daniel Turner, founder of Power the Future released a report last week alleging that at least eight major actions by Biden were signed with the autopen, including several bans on offshore drilling.
“You know, I get so angry when I have these conversations about this because I deal with the people whose livelihoods were destroyed. It takes a lot of effort to not curse and be profane because what they did to the American people is not just criminal, it’s evil,” Turner told radio show host Matt Boyle. “It’s genuinely morally reprehensible. The damage that we did, that we continue to do, to the American people, all because we’re ‘worried about Donald Trump.'”
Turner wondered whether the staffers who used the autopen in this way had presidential immunity against prosecution but argued that "people died" from the actions of those who used Biden's autopen.
"People died as a result of this, quite literally," he said, connecting some of the actions to the war in Ukraine. "So there is no hiding behind presidential privilege. There is no saying, ‘Well, I was working for the president, and you can’t subpoena me.’"
"These are really criminal, criminal, allegedly criminal acts that are worthy of investigation," he argued. "You can’t act in Persona Presidente, right? You can’t commandeer the president’s autopen and put forward policies."
He used some of what was presented in the new book "Original Sin" about Biden's cognitive decline and how staffers dealt with it to explain what happened.
“As they said in the book, when they’re willing to do undemocratic things to protect democracy, those people are admitting they’re willing to do undemocratic things to stay in power. And that’s what they did the last four years with the auto pen," he said.
The group noted that Biden never spoke of or acknowledged the actions they allege were autopenned without his knowledge.
Group leadership said this proves he didn't know about them.
Last week, Power the Future wrote letters to the Department of Justice (DOJ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of the Interior (DOI), and the Department of Energy (DOE) asking the agencies to investigate the autopen usage.
Turner said on Fox News that letters were also sent to the House and Senate Oversight committees.
"When you have an executive order to ban offshore oil and gas drilling … That’s a pretty damn big ban,
Turner said to Boyle. "When you have that and you sign it by autopen, there are process crimes.”
"The chief of staff had to know what was going on," he accused. "The staff secretary — every time Donald Trump signs an executive order, we see the staff secretary hand him that order, explain it, the president signs it. There are personnel involved in processes.”
