WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump ordered an investigation of former President Joe Biden’s alleged "cognitive decline" to determine who decided his signature should be applied to official documents by autopen.
Trump’s directive to the White House counsel, David Warrington, in consultation with Attorney General Pam Bondi, ratchets up the pressure behind Trump’s longstanding criticism of Biden’s mental ability. The probe comes amid similar inquiries at the Justice Department and in a House committee.
"This conspiracy marks one of the most dangerous and concerning scandals in American history," Trump wrote in his order. "The American public was purposefully shielded from discovering who wielded the executive power, all while Biden's signature was deployed across thousands of documents to effect radical policy shifts."
But Biden has replied in a series of recent public appearances that he was in command of his faculties. He has also been critical of Trump, arguing that his successor was taking a hatchet to the Social Security Administration.
"They are wrong,” Biden said of his alleged cognitive decline on ABC’s "The View."
