Kayleigh McEnany questions Biden’s alleged autopen use in pardons and orders

Kayleigh McEnany raised doubts over Joe Biden’s autopen use and claimed the former president lacked the ‘mental capacity’ to make decisions
PUBLISHED NOV 29, 2025
Kayleigh McEnany discussed orders signed by Joe Biden with an autopen and questioned whether his pardons should stand (Fox News/Youtube, Getty Images)
Kayleigh McEnany discussed orders signed by Joe Biden with an autopen and questioned whether his pardons should stand (Fox News/Youtube, Getty Images)


NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Former White House Press Secretary and ‘Saturday in America’ host Kayleigh McEnany appeared on ‘Fox and Friends Weekend’ on Saturday, November 29, and discussed Donald Trump terminating documents signed by former President Joe Biden using an autopen.

The host, Griff Jenkins, raised questions about the potential unauthorized use of the device, as McEnany recalled that the authenticity of the autopen had also been questioned in the White House as well.

She noted that the staff secretary at the time was also allegedly concerned about what was getting authorized by Joe Biden.

U.S. President Joe Biden walks out of the Oval Office to speak about the results of the 2024 election in the Rose Garden on November 07, 2024 in Washington, DC. Former President Donald Trump defeated Democratic candidate Vice President Kamala Harris. Biden pledged to work with the Trump team to ensure a smooth transition and invited the former President for an Oval Office meeting. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Joe Biden walks out of the Oval Office to speak about the results of the 2024 election in the Rose Garden on November 07, 2024, in Washington, DC (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Kayleigh McEnany says Joe Biden gave out pardons like 'candy'

While discussing the pardons signed by former President Joe Biden, Jenkins asked McEnany whether people who were pardoned by Biden should be worried.

“Pardons were given out like candy,” McEnany claimed.

She questioned some of the pardons given out by the former president, wondering why someone who was “on the hook” and had criminal convictions was pardoned. 

President Joe Biden arrives for a memorial service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter at Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church at Emory University on November 28, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. Rosalynn Carter, who passed away on November 19 at the age of 96, was married to former U.S. President Jimmy Carter for 77 years. In her lifetime she was an activist and writer known to be an advocate for the elderly, affordable housing, mental health, and the protection of monarch butterflies. Every living first lady are expected to attend the service. (Photo by Brynn Anderson-Pool/Getty Images)
President Joe Biden arrives for a memorial service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter at Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church at Emory University on November 28, 2023, in Atlanta, Georgia (Brynn Anderson-Pool/Getty Images)

Griff Jenkins questions who was ‘running the White House'

McEnany said that the general orders typically can be undone, unlike clemencies and pardons. She claimed that Donald Trump wouldn’t be able to “roll” those away. 

During the conversation, Jenkins told McEnany that the media personnel would allegedly often wonder who was “running the White House.” 

Specifically speaking, Jenkins also asked the former White House press secretary about the orders and pardons that were signed when Biden was not in the White House or Washington.

McEnany echoed Jenkins’ thoughts and said that there were lives lost. She said, “Afghanistan was falling,” and Biden was in Delaware.

She added that he was then moved to Camp David, and there were several meetings in the Situation Room. Kayleigh wondered whether Biden was a part of them and wondered who were making the “disastrous” decisions, if not Biden. 

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks after meeting with North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell, and Homeland Security Advisor Liz Sherwood-Randall on the ongoing response to the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in the Oval Office of the White House on September 30, 2024 in Washington, DC. The President has said he plans to travel to North Carolina on Wednesday as authorities face challenges delivering supplies to isolated, flood-ravaged areas in the Southeastern United States as the death toll from Hurricane Helene tops 100. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
President Joe Biden speaks after meeting with North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell, and Homeland Security Advisor Liz Sherwood-Randall on the ongoing response to the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in the Oval Office of the White House on September 30, 2024 in Washington, DC (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Kayleigh McEnany questions Joe Biden’s ‘mental capacity’

Earlier in the conversation, McEnany recalled the DOJ raising questions about the clemency process at the White House.

She said that the autopen was a “low-hanging fruit,” since every president has used it in the past. However, she said that the question was the “mental equity.”

“We had a president in decline,” she claimed. McEnany further raised questions not only on when the autopen was used, but also about what decisions were made without the autopen in the Situation Room when “Afghanistan was happening.” 

McEnany referred to the Abbey Gate bombing and said none of that allegedly required an autopen, but it did require a president with a “mental capacity,” which she alleged that Joe Biden didn't have. 

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