As his term drew to a close, former President Joe Biden provided a slew of pardons to high-profile Washington figures as well as members of his family.

Yet in a social media post put up this past weekend, President Donald Trump said there is evidence that those pardons were improperly issued. 

Trump: "Joe Biden did not sign them"

"The ‘Pardons’ that Sleepy Joe Biden gave to the Unselect Committee of Political Thugs, and many others, are hereby declared VOID, VACANT, AND OF NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT, because of the fact that they were done by Autopen," Trump wrote on Truth social.

"In other words, Joe Biden did not sign them but, more importantly, he did not know anything about them!" Trump declared.

"The necessary Pardoning Documents were not explained to, or approved by, Biden. He knew nothing about them, and the people that did may have committed a crime," the president asserted.

"The fact is, they were probably responsible for the Documents that were signed on their behalf without the knowledge or consent of the Worst President in the History of our Country, Crooked Joe Biden!" Trump concluded.

Trump is "sure" that Biden "didn’t have any idea" about pardons

Breitbart noted how when a reporter later asked if Biden's pardon's and executive orders were valid, Trump acknowledged that it is "not my decision" and will "be up to the courts."

However, the president quickly stated that in his opinion "they’re null and void" as he is "sure Biden didn’t have any idea that it was taking place."

That message was reiterated by White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt during a briefing on Monday when asked about Trump's remarks.

Leavitt told CNN's Kaitlan Collins he "was begging the question that I think a lot of journalists in this room should be asking about whether or not the former president of the United States — who I think we can all finally agree — was cognitively impaired."

Leavitt points to New York Post article

"I know it took people some time to finally admit that, but we all know that to be true, as evidenced by his disastrous debate performance against President Trump during the campaign," she continued.

.@PressSec on Biden's autopen pre-emptive pardons: "Did the President even know about these pardons? Was his legal signature used without his consent or knowledge?... I think it's a question that everybody in this room should be looking into." pic.twitter.com/sH5XLhng9I

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 17, 2025

"I digress on that, but the president was raising the point that did the president [Biden] even know about these pardons? Was his legal signature used without his consent or knowledge?" the press secretary asked.

Leavitt went on to highlight a New York Post article which cited former White House sources who said that "a key aide to former President Joe Biden may have exceeded their authority by liberally using an autopen to sign official documents."