As questions mount over President Joe Biden’s use of an autopen for official signatures during periods of alleged mental unfitness, a new revelation has added gasoline to an already smoldering controversy. A whistleblower from inside Biden’s 2020 campaign has reportedly come forward—described as a “senior, senior Democrat”—claiming that not only was the autopen used to sign off on critical executive actions, but that access to the president was tightly controlled and financially exploited by top White House aides.
At the center of the inquiry is Ed Martin, a Department of Justice official currently serving as the U.S. Pardon Attorney and spearheading a newly created weaponization task force. Martin’s efforts—once quietly underway—have now burst into public view with startling implications for the Biden administration and its inner circle.
Martin named five key figures alleged to be involved in what he suggests could be a coordinated scheme to insulate the president’s decision-making authority and possibly forge legally dubious authorizations using autopen technology. The names?
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Anita Dunn, Senior Advisor to the President
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Bob Bauer, Biden’s personal attorney and former White House Counsel
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Ron Klain, former White House Chief of Staff
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Steve Ricchetti, longtime Biden confidant and former campaign chairman
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Jill Biden, the First Lady, who Martin suggests was “obviously” a participant in managing access
These individuals, according to the whistleblower, “controlled access” to the president during times of apparent cognitive decline and may have used that control to sign off on matters of law without Biden’s direct input—or full mental awareness.
The core issue hinges on the legal authority of the autopen—a mechanical device used to replicate the president’s signature. Though the practice has precedents, the U.S. Constitution still requires that the president be mentally fit and willfully engaged in the signing process for any executive action or pardon to carry the force of law.
Martin made that legal standard crystal clear. “The president can use an autopen, but he must be mentally fit for the contract to have the force of law,” he said during a segment on the 2WAY Tonight show with Mark Halperin.
He also confirmed that some individuals tied to the case have begun “lawyering up,” a familiar sign of looming legal jeopardy in high-stakes investigations.
BREAKING: A whistleblower has reportedly come forward with evidence related to the Biden White House autopen scandal, according to U.S. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin.
— Leading Report (@LeadingReport) May 22, 2025
Martin said the whistleblower visited his office approximately ten days ago, bringing forward allegations that the access-control operation may have also been monetized. According to the source, the gatekeeping trio—Dunn, Bauer, and Klain—were not merely managing the president’s schedule, but “making money off of it.”
“I don’t know if I believe it yet,” Martin admitted, careful to emphasize that the investigation is ongoing. “But… we have to get to the bottom of it for the American people and to protect the process.”
That whistleblower, he added, was involved in the Biden 2020 campaign at the highest levels—a damning detail if verified.
Martin’s investigation comes amid increasingly public concerns about President Biden’s cognitive fitness, which critics say has been obscured by compliant media coverage and aides running interference. On top of this, suspicion surrounding a shadowy handling of the president’s medical history, particularly rumors of a prostate cancer diagnosis, has only added to the climate of secrecy and doubt.
This new chapter in the autopen saga is more than just about a mechanical signature. It’s about whether the constitutional role of the presidency was quietly delegated—or worse, hijacked—by unelected staffers while the president was mentally compromised.
