U.S. presidents have used autopens since Thomas Jefferson; the first to use an autopen to sign a law was Barack Obama.

Former President Joe Biden's alleged use of a mechanical device to replicate signatures during his time at the White House has sent Republicans into an angered frenzy. The conservative Heritage Foundation's Oversight Project,

Dozens of executive orders signed by former President Joe Biden were authorized with identical autopen signatures — raising crucial questions about whether he was fully aware of what he was signing, critics say.