Actor and singer Frank Stallone discusses claims that former U.S. President Joe Biden had an autopen during his time in office.

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Actor and singer Frank Stallone joined a Newsmax segment to discuss claims that President Joe Biden used an autopen to sign a large number of pardons during his time in office. The conversation referenced a report that Biden's staff authorized the use of an autopen for approximately 2,000 pardons, with the decision communicated by his chief of staff late at night.

The segment included opinions questioning whether Biden was directly involved in the process and broader commentary on political figures and recent events. No direct evidence was presented to confirm or refute the claims about Biden's involvement with the autopen, and much of the discussion centered on personal views and political commentary rather than new factual revelations.

Biden pushes back on Trump autopen claims

Let's welcome in now live a friend of the briefing who lives here on the left coast but is a patriot, believe it or not, when it comes to discerning what's really going on in California and Washington, actor and singer Frank Stallone. Frank, it was nice to see you this weekend. Welcome back. Thank you, Ed. It was great. We had a good breakfast and a good talk. And a lot of great stories. I want to talk with this story. President Trump said today these Biden pardons are basically null and void. Do you want to see Pam Bondi in the DOJ? She's been under fire over Epstein and releasing files. Does she need to step up now and potentially indict Dr. Fauci? Liz Cheney, your senator here in California, Adam Schiff from the J6 committee for their alleged crimes. Yes, Ed, I think a lot of people need to be put on the carpet, including Ilyan Omar and Tlaib and I think our mayor and our governor and the people you just mentioned because it's just out of control. The behavior is out of control. The disrespect. I mean, Gavin Newsom calls President Trump a scum. I mean, when did you ever hear language like that? You know, it's just ridiculous. I think the pardons are ridiculous. I mean, how many 2,000 like a day before Trump took office? That's right. And let me just jump in to say the Times is saying that a day before the inaugural, to your point, they claim that Biden kept aides up until nearly 10 p.m. in a meeting that Biden was at, going over some of the pardon decisions. But then at 1030 p.m. Eastern, it was his chief of staff who hit reply all on an email saying, yes, use the auto pen for a lot of these pardons, the 2,000 or so you're talking about. Doesn't that confirm it was the staff pulling the strings, as we all suggested? And also, do you believe this spin that Biden somehow was awake even at 10 p.m. Eastern discussing this? It sounds like a cover story to me. Yeah, I think it would be ludicrous to think that he was awake. And also, I think probably 2,000 of these people, he doesn't know who they are. But it's funny, why would you pardon Fauci and Milley and all these people? If Fauci wasn't a crooked or criminal, why would you even think of pardoning him or your son, by the way? That's right. Well, one year after the Butler rally, the president posted this video to social, letting the American people know he's not going to stop fighting and he believes God spared his life. Watch this. It is not about politics. It's about our love for this great country, America, and we're not going to let it fail. I will fight like no one has ever fought before. Trump is the bodyguard of Western civilization. You want to talk about a fighter, a walking fighter. He's an absolute savage. He knows that this is much bigger than him. It's about the American people. Your thoughts on the president, because he also made some other comments. It's pretty moving, right? And he went on to say, the president did, he believes God saved him one year ago this week, so he could save America. What do you think of that? Well, I mentioned that, Ed, in a documentary I did on Trump before he became president. I said, I believe that was a divine intervention. God saved him to save us, because I can't even imagine this country under Kamala Harris and Waltz. I just can't even imagine. I think it would be the total destruction of this country. I've been raving about Trump since before he even ran for president in 2016. Of course, I took some heat, because Hollywood is just running rabbit holes. When does it come to a time when we can't speak our own mind without being bullied, without losing our jobs, without being disgraced in front of people? I find that disgraceful myself, because I grew up in a time where parents fought in World War I, so we could express our opinions. I find it interesting, especially out here. You come out here enough to know. They asked me how to survive. I said, I'm just choosing who I hang out with, and I really have nothing to say to people that are just radically left and Trump haters and don't like this country and really approve of illegals coming here. We have to pay for it. I'm not a political pundit. I told you that before. I just think I have common sense. I grew up like blue collar, like a lot of people, and I always believed in common sense. The thing to me is, not being patriotic would have made you like a leper when I was growing up. It would just be unthinkable. You said the allegiance. It's the opposite for some now. Pardon me, Frank, we're out of time. It's interesting, because it's a common sense revolution, to your point, that the president talks about. We appreciate you speaking out on it tonight. We'll have you back soon. Frank Stallone, thank you, sir. Thank you, Ed.

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