Joe Biden Slams Republicans As 'Liars' For Raising Questions About His Clemency Decisions

In a rare interview with The New York Times, the former president defended his use of a scrutinized device.

Former President Joe Biden blasted Republicans as “liars” for suggesting that his aides used an autopen to take actions without his knowledge, taking advantage of his diminished cognitive state, as the GOP continues to scrutinize his record at the direction of Donald Trump.

In an interview with The New York Times published on Sunday, Biden said the autopen device was used to replicate his signature “because there were a lot of” clemency decisions to be signed, defending the practice as entirely legal.

“As you know, other presidents used it, including Trump,” Biden said.

The former president then tore into Trump and his Republican allies for claiming his aides abused the autopen, thus rendering many of his actions invalid, by declaring that he “made every single” clemency decision himself during his term and accusing Trump’s GOP allies of weaponizing the issue to distract Americans from their own failings.

“They’re liars. They know it. They know, for certain. I mean, this is — look, what they, they’ve had a pretty good thing going here,” Biden said. “The best thing they can do is try to change the focus and focus on something else. And this is a — I think that’s what this is about.”