“The Radical Left Lunatics circling Biden around the beautiful Resolute Desk in the Oval Office took the Presidency away from him.”

The only official finding behind the claim is partisan and disputed. The Republican-led House Oversight Committee's October 2025 report concluded that "Senior Biden staff exercised presidential authority or facilitated executive actions without direct authorization from President Biden himself," which is the strongest support for the post. But the committee's Democratic side said every White House official interviewed testified that Biden fully executed his duties, and the Justice Department shelved the autopen investigation Trump had demanded without presenting it to a grand jury. A 2005 Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel opinion holds that a president may sign by directing a subordinate to affix his signature, so autopen use alone does not show aides acted in his place.

Joe Biden, June 2025: "Let me be clear: I made the decisions during my presidency. I made the decisions about the pardons, executive orders, legislation, and proclamations."