Republican lawmakers have dubbed the revelation a "constitutional scandal" and called for the investigation of thousands of documents signed by Biden during his tenure. President Donald Trump admitted to using an autopen days after attacking former president Joe Biden of doing the same to issue a series of pardons.

Former President Joe Biden, in an interview with the New York Times, said that he personally made every clemency and pardon decision during the end of his presidency.

The commutations granted by former President Joe Biden have been under scrutiny for being signed by an autopen device in the final hours of his administration. President Donald Trump and his circle claim Biden didn’t approve the pardons and that his aides were the ones pulling the strings.