The Trump administration’s top artificial intelligence authority claimed on Tuesday that he has discovered the identity of a Democratic U.S. senator who reportedly “controlled” the White House’s use of the autopen at the center of a growing scandal around former President Joe Biden.
David Sacks, President Donald Trump’s AI czar, told Fox News’ Jesse Watters that he believes the results of his investigation will show that one of the most progressive voices in the Senate was responsible for attaching Biden’s artificial signature to dozens or hundreds of executive orders that President Donald Trump claims should be invalidated as a result.
“Elizabeth Warren controlled the autopen during that administration,” said the Trump advisor, adding that the Massachusetts senator has a “pathological hatred of the crypto community” and wanted to “drive this community offshore.”
The two men were discussing the future of cryptocurrency following President Donald’s launch of a new token backed by his business organization. On Friday, he hosted dozens of high-net-worth individuals who placed enormous stakes in the token at a lavish Mar-a-Lago dinner.
Sacks did not provide context about why he believes Sen. Warren was the driving force behind extensive use of Biden’s autopen, a device that generates lookalike signatures for busy individuals, including governors and heads of state. Autopens have traditionally been limited to use on less urgent matters, such as resolutions or presidential proclamations.
However, some of Biden’s final actions in office include pardons for members of the controversial J6 select committee, including former congresswoman Liz Cheney. Trump has claimed that the pardons are invalid because an autopen was allegedly used to sign them.
“Crooked Joe Biden got us into a real mess with Russia and everything else he did, frankly. But he didn’t know about it and he, generally speaking, signed it with autopen, so how would he know that autopen is a big deal,” Trump said in a speech at the Department of Justice on Friday, the Daily Mail reported.
“When my people come up,” to have him sign an executive order, Trump said “you don’t use autopen.”
“Number one – it’s disrespectful to the office,” he claimed. “Number two – maybe it’s not even valid because who’s getting him to sign? He had no idea what the hell he was doing.”
Extensive use of Biden’s autopen was brought to light by the Oversight Project, an arm of the conservative Heritage Foundation which has filed public records requests seeking to reveal the concealment of Biden’s mental health decline during his final year in office.
“WHOEVER CONTROLLED THE AUTOPEN CONTROLLED THE PRESIDENCY,” the group wrote on X last week.
“We gathered every document we could find with Biden’s signature over the course of his presidency. All used the same autopen signature except for the announcement that the former President was dropping out of the race last year,” the group added.
Warren, 75, was a vocal defender of Biden’s mental acuity during the 2024 election. In April, however, she flubbed her response to a question posed by a progressive podcast host about whether she witnessed a less lucid Biden behind the scenes.
“I said what I believed to be true,” she said about defending Biden’s job performance.
“You think he was as sharp as you?” host Sam Fragoso responded.
“I said I had not seen decline, and I hadn’t, at that point,” the Massachusetts Democrat replied.
“You did not see any decline from 2024 Joe Biden to 2021 Joe Biden?” Fragoso questioned.
“Not when I said that, you know, the thing is, he — look, he was sharp, he was on his feet. I saw him, a live event. I had meetings with him a couple of times,“ she responded.
“Senator, ‘on his feet’ is not praise,” Fragoso shot back. “‘He can speak in sentences,’ is not praise.”
“All right, fair enough, fair enough,” Warren responded, The Hill previously reported.
House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-KY) announced last week that he has sent requests for testimony to dozens of former Biden staffers and confidants. If they don’t comply, he warned, they could face subpoenas very soon compelling them to do so.
“If we don’t hear anything from them in a week, then I would expect to start seeing subpoenas,” he said.
