The president has said the previous administration used the device to sign executive orders and pardons that President Joe Biden wasn’t aware of — a claim Biden vigorously denies.

Since taking office, Trump has repeatedly suggested without evidence that Biden’s aides used an autopen to put his signature on presidential orders without his knowledge.

President Donald Trump dismissed former President Joe Biden’s insistence that he “made the decisions” while president, calling his predecessor’s regular use of the autopen to sign executive orders a “scandal” in response to a question from National Review in the Oval Office.