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10:38Now PlayingAttorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian revisit one of the MAGA movement's loudest talking points — that Biden's use of an autopen to sign pardons and executive actions was criminal, proof of incapacity, and grounds for prosecution. Trump demanded charges. Pam Bondi opened a DOJ review. Jeanine Pirro's office got involved. And then... nothing. No indictments, no grand jury, no charges filed. The investigation was quietly shelved. The attorneys break down why it was always doomed: the Constitution doesn't regulate how a president signs documents, the pardon power is virtually unlimited, you can't simultaneously argue someone lacked mental capacity and had criminal intent, and Trump's own immunity ruling means most official presidential acts can't be prosecuted anyway. They add it to Pirro's growing scorecard of failures — she also couldn't get a grand jury to indict the six legislators Trump accused of treason over the Mark Kelly video. The hosts argue this deserves attention precisely because the administration buried it — it was a rallying cry for the base that turned into another quiet retreat from the courts.
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