The Shadow Government: New Evidence the Biden Presidency Was Almost Entirely Run by 'Autopen'

“I'm going to get in so much trouble for saying all this. But these are the people who ran our country for the last four years.”

The shadow government is being dragged into the light. The disturbing developments about where our money has been going are flooding in on a daily basis.

But less forthcoming is the answer to a question that has been on Americans’ minds about a four-year absence of leadership that looks absolutely vacuous in relief to the vigorous and unrelenting Trump presidency: Who actually ran the Biden presidency?

A tantalizing lead has surfaced, courtesy of a report by the Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project.

Whoever controlled the autopen controlled the presidency.

We gathered every document we could find with Biden's signature over the course of his presidency.

All used the same autopen signature except for the the announcement that the former President was dropping out of the race last year. Here is the autopen signature.

According to newly released evidence, nearly every document in the federal register bearing Joe Biden’s signature during his presidency was not signed by the man himself—but by an autopen.

The only known autopen exception? Biden’s letter announcing his withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race.

As you can see, the signature is not only different, but underlined.

You might recall that the letter itself was a bizarre hodgepodge of statements cobbled together into a “resignation letter” that did not fit the moment of a president who was about to lose his chance at re-election, as well as incur damage to his legacy.

So, did Joe Biden actually sign his resignation letter? Or was it signed for him? We may never know the truth. But it does raise the possibility that it is a forgery.

There could be serious legal ramifications if Joe Biden’s signature was “forged” by autopen to make presidential authorizations in name only.

We will unpack the legal ramifications of the development, including a consideration of whether such “executive decisions” are constitutional; delve into the historical background on the autopen and its use by U.S. presidents; and dig up extremely suggestive leads on who was actually running the Biden presidency in absentia via autopen.

My extended analysis of the signatures of “Joe Biden” at the federal register is that the claim that the Biden administration was largely run by “autopen” appears to hold up.

You can survey former President Joe Biden’s signatures at the Federal Register.

Here are samples taken at random for each year of Biden’s presidency.

2025

Partial Revocation of Executive Order 13961

2024

Investing in America and Investing in American Workers

2023

Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees and Amendments to Other Executive Orders

2022

Promoting the Arts, the Humanities, and Museum and Library Service

2021

Declassification Reviews of Certain Documents Concerning the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001

As you can see, the “Joe Biden” signatures all appear to be the same boilerplate “autopen” signature.

Biden’s Non Compos Mentis Issue

Despite much talk throughout the Biden presidency, and particularly during his campaign, the former president never faced a serious 25th amendment challenge to his ability to carry out the duties of the presidency.

But Biden was reportedly threatened with the prospect of removal under the 25th amendment if he did not drop out of the 2024 race.

The former president’s resignation came several weeks after his disastrous performance in the debate against his challenger Donald Trump. President Biden’s lack of mental acuity heightened concerns among the less observant members of the electorate about his fitness to serve another term in Washington.

This was a real wake-up call for that segment of the American public that apparently saw nothing amiss with a president whose bedtime was known to be 8 p.m.

Nonetheless, Biden joked after the debate when asked about his health.

“It’s just my brain,” he quipped.

The debate debacle apparently led many Democrats to conclude that “Joe had to go.”

But if you recall, Special Counsel Robert Hur had already conducted extensive interviews with Joe Biden about his classified documents scandal only to conclude, “At trial, Mr. Biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview of him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”

Hur also noted in his February report that Biden couldn’t remember entire years of his presidency. Then, he summarily dismissed the case without taking it to a grand jury.

“We conclude that no criminal charges are warranted in this matter,” Hur said.

Meanwhile, former President Trump had been subjected to an FBI raid on his Mar-a-Lago home and was forced to stand trial. It was a grotesque illustration of the weaponized Justice department and the two-tiered system of justice in America.

There is also an important flashback to consider with the Biden autopen situation.

House Speaker Mike Johnson previously revealed an alarming conversation with Biden in which the president seemed completely unaware of signing an executive order halting LNG exports — a major decision impacting the U.S. economy and national security.

The executive decision likely slowed job growth and investment in the energy sector, risking tens of thousands of jobs and billions in economic activity, especially in export-dependent regions. However, Biden didn’t remember signing the order.

Thus, we have ample cause to believe that Joe Biden was neither in full control of his faculties or the executive branch, at least by the end of his failed presidency.

Who Was Really in Charge?

For years, Americans have suspected that the Biden administration was operating under a shadow government, with unelected bureaucrats and political operatives pulling the strings.

Lindy Li, a former campaign advisor who served as the Women's co-chair and Mid-Atlantic Regional Chair at the DNC, conveniently defected after Biden’s loss in the 2024 election and “spilled the goods” on what she said was “Obama’s third term.”

In an interview with podcaster Shawn Ryan, Li was emphatic about Joe Biden not really being in charge of his own presidency.

“It was for sure Obama's third term. I don't think that's even a question. I don't think anyone... It definitely was,” she said. “That's why you saw Obama fighting for his dear life. Why was he fighting so hard in the fall? Because he was fighting for his fourth term. “

After delving into historical comparisons, Li continued:

“Obama thought that Biden would eventually fuck everything up. That's eventually actually what happened. But also, he didn't have much faith in Kamala Harris. Before she ascended to the top role, he was vetting people like Mark Kelly and Andy Besheer. Most people, most party chieftains didn't have Kamala Harris as their number one choice. But in the party of DEI, you can't skip a black woman. The optics would have been terrible.”

Then, Li began naming names of those she believed were actually running the show from inside the Biden White House:

• Steve Rachete, his senior advisor (also known as Biden’s “sherpa”)

• Anita Dunn, White House adviser (D.C.’s grande dame of PR, communications director under Obama)

• Bob Bauer, Biden’s personal lawyer (also White House counsel under President Barack Obama) — married to Anita Dunn in D.C. “power couple”

• Mike Donalyn, longtime Biden adviser (returned for president’s final six months, was chief strategist in his 2020 election campaign)

• Ron Klain, Biden’s chief of staff

• Jeff Zients, took over as chief of staff near end of Biden presidency (“Mr. Fix It”)

“I'm going to get in so much trouble for saying all this,” she added. “But these are the people who ran our country for the last four years.”

The History of the Autopen and Biden’s Radical Departure

Presidential use of the autopen is not new. The device, first utilized in the White House under Harry Truman, has been used sparingly over the decades to handle the volume of signatures required for military, diplomatic, and bureaucratic documents.

In 2011, Barack Obama became the first president to sign legislation into law using an autopen while vacationing in France. Eerily enough, it was an extension of the Patriot Act. His administration relied on a 30-page Bush-era legal opinion asserting that a president’s physical presence was not required as long as he authorized the signature.

The use of the autopen has been controversial ever since, but no prior president has come close to the scale of Biden’s reliance on it.

A Constitutional Crisis in the Making

What makes Biden’s case particularly egregious is the extent of his administration’s dependence on the autopen, coupled with serious concerns about his cognitive ability.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has formally demanded an investigation by the Department of Justice, arguing that if Biden’s mental decline rendered him incapable of fulfilling his constitutional duties, every order signed in his name could be void.

Bailey’s letter to DOJ Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz lays out the stakes:

“Under the 25th Amendment, Biden’s inability to make decisions should have meant a succession of power. Instead, it appears staffers and officers in the Biden administration may have exploited his incapacity so they could issue orders without an accountable President of sound mind approving them. If Biden’s staffers were indeed exploiting his mental decline, those orders are null and void.”

The implications are staggering. Every executive order, every law signed, and every pardon issued under Biden’s presidency may be constitutionally suspect. Who authorized these actions? Who ensured they aligned with the president’s intent—if, in fact, he even had the capacity to formulate one?

The Unconstitutionality of Proxy Signatures

A comprehensive legal analysis from Syracuse University law professor Terry L. Turnipseed reveals that the use of an autopen to sign legislation outside the president’s presence is unconstitutional. In his seminal paper, The President and the Autopen: It Is Unconstitutional for Someone or Something to Sign a Bill Outside of the President’s Presence, Turnipseed lays out a clear legal argument:

“The Constitution’s Presentment Clause requires the president’s personal, physical act of signing a bill into law. A proxy signature, including one created by an autopen outside the president’s presence, is unconstitutional and legally void.”

This means that every bill Biden “signed” into law using the autopen without being physically present could be challenged in court.

Will Anyone Be Held Accountable?

For all intents and purposes, we had a presidency by proxy, with unelected officials wielding presidential power while the man elected to the office was little more than a figurehead. The ramifications of this extend far beyond a mere political scandal; they strike at the very foundation of our constitutional republic.

If Biden’s cognitive decline meant he was incapable of making presidential decisions, then those who wielded his power in his stead were acting without legal authority. The American people never voted for Susan Rice, Ron Klain, Jill Biden, and other Biden apparatchiks, to act as de facto presidents, yet that is exactly what happened.

This investigation has provided virtually conclusive evidence that Biden’s presidency was largely operated through an autopen. Now, Republicans in Congress must act.

Every executive order signed by Biden should be re-evaluated for constitutional validity. Every law passed under his watch should be subject to judicial scrutiny. If it is determined that staffers knowingly exploited Biden’s decline to push policies without legitimate presidential approval, prosecutions should follow.

This is not just about Biden’s presidency—it is about the future of America. If an unelected shadow cabal of bureaucrats can hijack the presidency by wielding a rubber-stamp machine in place of an actual president, then the rule of law has been compromised.

The American people deserve the truth. They deserve accountability. And most importantly, they deserve a president who actually serves—not a pen controlled by hidden hands.