White House replaces Biden's photo with picture of autopen in Presidential Walk of Fame gallery

The White House on Wednesday unveiled a picture of an autopen for former President Biden's portrait in its Presidential Walk of Fame gallery. 

The portrait gallery, which is located along the White House's West Wing Colonnade, portrays images of former presidents in golden frames. 

An “autopen” is a mechanical device with a robotic arm attached to a pen and has been used by other presidents.

President Trump has raised concerns about the constitutionality of using the pen for pardons and has argued that Biden, who appears in cognitive decline toward the end of his presidency, "did not know anything about them!”

Neera Tanden, the former director of Biden's Domestic Policy Council, reportedly told Congress in closed-door testimony this summer that she was authorized to direct autopen signatures but unaware of who in the president's inner circle was giving her final clearance. 

Biden White House pardons include ones for family members including brothers James Biden and Francis Biden, sister Valerie Biden Owens and sister-in-law Sara Jones Biden.

Biden maintains that he "made the decisions about the pardons, executive orders, legislation, and proclamations," when he was in office.

Trump has also taken other action recently to move images of former presidents from view, including by relocating portraits of former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, and replacing a portrait of former first lady Hillary Clinton with an image of himself. 

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.