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Trump reveals identity of Joe Biden 'deep state' official he believes wielded the autopen to sign orders
Donald Trump has suggested which former 'deep state' official he believes may behind Joe Biden 's infamous autopen.
Speaking to the press from the Oval Office on Tuesday, the Republican claimed that a former high-ranking Department of Justice official may have been part of the scandal.
An autopen enables its operator to produce signatures, in this case Biden's, potentially giving whoever controlled it power over the president's official business.
Trump has slammed the use of the autopen under Biden's administration and how the Democrat allegedly used it to sign pardons and executive orders.
But Biden pushed back in a statement this month, denying anyone else made presidential decisions under his tenure and claiming he was in charge.
'I made the decisions about the pardons, executive orders, legislation, and proclamations,' his statement read. 'Any suggestion that I didn't is ridiculous and false.'
Trump opened an investigation last week to determine 'who ran the United States while President Biden was in office' with a major focus on 'examining policy documents signed with an autopen, who authorized its use, and the validity of the resulting Presidential policy decisions.'
Responding to a question about the LA riots on Tuesday, Trump pivoted and teed off on a rant about the autopen.
'You know, we're moving murderers out of our country that were put here by Biden or the autopen,' he told reporters. 'The autopen really did it,'
'The people, whether it's Lisa Monaco or whoever operated the autopen, these are criminals, people are criminals and allowed these criminals into our country,' Trump continued.
Monaco was a longtime Barack Obama and Biden aide who held powerful roles for both administrations.
From 2013-2017, Monaco was the Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Advisor to President Obama.
She then left government before rejoining again to serve four years as Biden's deputy attorney general.
While serving under Biden Monaco oversaw the Justice Department's massive effort to track down and charge those who participated in the January 6th Capitol protest.
The investigation - one of the largest in DOJ history - yielded criminal charges against over 1,500 defendants.
Reports indicate that Monaco was in frequent contact with the D.C. U.S. Attorney's Office coordinating how the office would use a specific statute to charge defendants with obstruction of an official proceeding.
Microsoft recently hired Monaco to serve as their head of global affairs where she will oversee cybersecurity policy and work with foreign governments.
Monaco did not immediately respond to the Daily Mail's request for comment.
Some online reacted to Trump's suggestion with outrage, saying the former Justice Department worker has ties to the 'deep state.'
'That's quite the deep state resume,' one X user wrote of her long government experience.
Under Trump's order to probe the autopen, all of the pardons, clemency grants, executive orders, presidential memoranda, and other presidential policy decisions issued by Biden will be investigated.
Actions under review would include Biden's pardons for son Hunter and Dr. Anthony Fauci and orders related to a variety of areas including education, immigration, health care, climate change and more.
Trump has argued the use of the autopen invalidates Biden's orders. If his administration can get the courts to agree, it could undo thousands of actions taken by the former president.
