Trump orders investigation into Biden aides for alleged health "conspiracy" — and autopen use

President Trump ordered an investigation Wednesday into whether former President Joe Biden's administration used an autopen machine to sign key presidential documents like pardons — months after Mr. Trump claimed his predecessor's pardons were illegitimate.

In a memo signed Wednesday night, Mr. Trump told Attorney General Pam Bondi and the president's counsel to probe what he claimed was a "conspiracy" to "abuse the power of Presidential signatures through the use of an autopen to conceal Biden's cognitive decline."

The order cited a litany of executive actions by Biden — including pardons and federal judge appointments — and argued "there are serious doubts as to the decision making process and even the degree of Biden's awareness of these actions being taken in his name."