Bonus Pod: Biden's New Autopen Scandal, Houthi Crackdown in the Middle East & JFK Files Released

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What is the purpose of the 47 Morning Update podcast?

Ben Ferguson 0:47
You're listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson. Good Tuesday morning. Ben Ferguson with you and welcome to 47 Morning Update. We've got three major stories for you. And first up, does the auto pin count with Joe Biden's name if he didn't actually even know that it was being used? That is a question that Donald Trump has asked about the pardons that he gave to many on his days when he was going out of office.

Are Biden's pardons invalid due to the use of an auto pen?

Ben Ferguson 1:13
And we have reason to believe that many of those pardons were not signed by the president's actual signature, but instead by the auto pen. Also, Donald Trump spent quite a few hours from last week to this week, going after terrorists all over the Middle East. So what all did he accomplish? We'll explain that as well. And finally, President Trump says that the JFK files will be released today.

What is the significance of the JFK files release?

Ben Ferguson 1:38
How many pages? I'll give that to you in a minute. It's the 47 Morning Update, and it starts right now. Story number one. Donald Trump has made it very clear, declaring that Biden's pardons of January 6th committee members are void, vacant, due to the auto pin apparently being used. This all started in a conversation on Marine One, when a reporter asked a very simple question of the president about that auto pin. Listen.
Donald Trump 2:08
I would say that they're null and void, because I'm sure Biden didn't have any idea that it was taking place. And somebody was using an auto pen to sign off and to give pardons to, as an example, just one example, but the J6 unselect committee. They gave, think of it, they gave pardons with an auto pen. I don't think Biden knew anything about it. And what they did is they deleted and destroyed all of the information that took them over a year to get. And the reason they did that is because the information was very incriminating about them. Like Nancy Pelosi was determined conclusively that she knew about 10,000 soldiers and turned it down. And if we used 500 soldiers, you would have had no problem, let alone 10,000.
Donald Trump 2:57
The young lady that said that I grabbed these powerful young Secret Service agents by then
Ben Ferguson 3:15
Now, that wasn't all that the president had to say on this. He then put out a true social post that said, quote, the pardons that sleepy Joe Biden gave 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 auto pen. In other words, Joe Biden did not sign them, but more importantly, he did not know anything about them. The necessary parting documents were not explained to or approved by Biden. He knew nothing about them and the people that did may have committed a crime. Therefore, President went on to say this, quote, or consent of the worst president in the history of our country, Crooked Joe Biden.
Ben Ferguson 4:23
Now on Monday, during a White House press briefing, the White House press secretary, Caroline Leavitt, responded to a question from CNN's Caitlin Collins regarding Trump's post on Sunday night in which he declared the pardons are void, vacant, and of no further force or effect because of the fact that they were done by the auto pen. Caroline Leavitt said Trump was begging the question,

How did the White House respond to Trump's claims about the auto pen?

Ben Ferguson 4:45
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, quote unquote.

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