# Biden used same autopen signature on most official docs, raising concerns over who controlled the WH: report

Speaker Johnson shared earlier this year that then-President Biden didn't remember signing an EO.

## Speaker Johnson's Comments on Biden's Signature

The Oversight Project, an initiative within the conservative Heritage Foundation that investigates the government to bolster transparency, posted to X on Thursday. The Oversight Project gathered every document they could find with Biden's signature over the course of his presidency, and all documents used the same autopen signature except for the announcement that the former President was dropping out of the race last year.

Here is the autopen signature, the group claimed on X, accompanied by photo examples.



President Joe Biden salutes while arriving for an event at the White House on Nov. 27, 2023. (Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Biden’s signature on the document announcing his departure from the 2024 race varied from the other two posted by the Oversight Project, showing a signature that wasn’t as clear as the one on the executive orders.



President Joe Biden's signature in 2022. (Federal Register)



President Joe Biden's signature in 2023. (Federal Register)



President Joe Biden's signature in 2024. (Federal Register)

Fox News Digital examined more than 20 Biden-era executive orders documented on the Federal Register’s office between 2021 and 2024, finding each had the same signature.



President Joe Biden signs an executive order at the White House on Feb. 14, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

"Whoever controlled the autopen controlled the presidency," the Oversight Project posted to X, referring to President Biden's signature on the executive orders.

"Whoever controlled the autopen" during the Biden administration, the Oversight Project shared Bailey’s letter in its thread investigating Biden’s signature on official documents, in addition to an interview with Speaker Johnson, R-La., who recounted that Biden didn’t remember signing an order freezing new liquid natural gas exports in 2024.

"I didn’t do that," the president said, Johnson recounted during an interview with the Free Press’ Bari Weiss in January.

'Sir, you paused it, I know. I have the export terminals in my state. I talked to those people in my state, I’ve talked to those people this morning, this is doing massive damage to our economy, national security," Johnson said he told the president at the time.

"I walked out of that meeting with fear and loathing because I thought, ‘We are in serious trouble – who is running the country?’" Johnson said of the 2024 meeting.

"Like, I don’t know who put the paper in front of him, but he didn’t know," he added.



Speaker of the House Mike Johnson talks with reporters at the Capitol on Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

The Oversight Project continued in its findings that investigators should determine "who controlled the autopen" during the Biden administration.

"Given President Biden's decision to revoke Executive Privilege for individuals advising Trump during his first Presidency, this is a knowable fact that can be determined with the correct legal process?" the Oversight Project posted to X.



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