Joe Biden hits back at Donald Trump’s investigation
President Donald Trump made a shocking decision to launch an investigation concerning former POTUS Joe Biden.
Namely, Trump tends to inspect “who ran the US” during the previous presidency, accusing Biden of masking his “cognitive decline” and deceiving the public about his actual mental state.
Trump believes Biden did that by letting his aides use an autopen—a device that reproduces signatures used by presidents, including Trump, for decades—to authorize executive actions.
Biden didn’t stay silent. On the contrary, he accused Trump of trying to distract Americans in a time when the current administration is working towards extending tax breaks for the wealthy. He dubbed Trump’s accusations as “ridiculous.”
BBC reported that Trump said in a Wednesday statement how the American public had been “purposefully shielded from discovering who wielded the executive power” while Biden’s signature was used to endorse documents Trump described as leading to “radical policy shifts.”
“This conspiracy marks one of the most dangerous and concerning scandals in American history,” Trump concluded.
Biden issued a statement commenting on Trump’s accusations later the same day.
“Let me be clear: I made the decisions during my presidency. I made the decisions about the pardons, executive orders, legislation and proclamations,” the statement read.
“Any suggestion that I didn’t is ridiculous and false,” it added.
In a memorandum on Wednesday, Trump instructed the White House counsel, in coordination with Attorney General Pam Bondi and other officials, to investigate whether “certain individuals conspired to deceive the public about Biden’s mental state and unconstitutionally exercise the authorities and responsibilities of the President.”
When Biden disclosed his prostate cancer diagnosis, Trump and other officials claimed Biden was aware of his health condition while still in office and accused him of “not telling the facts.”
