Staffer Who Oversaw Biden Autopen Faces Testimony Demand

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Staff Secretary Stefanie Feldman reportedly oversaw autopen operations for former President Joe Biden. House Republicans have launched an investigation after her role was reported by The New York Times, focusing on whether autopen-signed documents received proper presidential approval. House Oversight Committee Chair Rep. James Comer (R-KY) has led the committee’s investigation.

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The committee has interviewed several Biden aides regarding decision-making in the administration’s final months. Feldman previously served as policy director at the Biden Institute and as director of the Office of Gun Violence Prevention.

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Feldman has not testified before the committee. Previous attempts to question Feldman about her gun violence prevention role did not succeed.

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The investigation has questioned the approval process for clemency decisions during Biden’s term.

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Emails indicated that senior officials provided oral instructions, which Feldman finalized. Biden has claimed he verbally approved each pardon and commutation.

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Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) said, “First of all, we need to call the person. We now have the name of the person who managed the autopen under President Biden… She needs to be called before Congress, put under oath, testify in public. We need to hear from her. We need to know exactly what did he authorize? When did he authorize it? I suspect the truth is, Steve, he didn’t authorize anything, which would be like the scandal of the century. We need to know that.”

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Hawley added, “Number two, there is supposed to be a paper trail. We had a hearing on this in the Senate a couple of weeks ago. To me, the big revelation out of that hearing was, every time the autopen is used, there’s supposed to be an explicit paper trail. The president has to, at a minimum, give verbal consent to use it — and a record is made of that."

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Hawley concluded, "So let’s get all the documents. Let’s see them. They should be in Biden’s archives. They ought to be in his papers. We need to go get them. If Biden’s not going to release them voluntarily, Congress ought to subpoena those documents and get them and put them out in public.”

Roger Anderson covers U.S. politics & news for content partner Modern Newsstand LLC.