In his final hours, former US President Biden's chief of staff authorized an autopen to sign high-profile pardons, including those for Fauci and Mille

On Biden’s final day as president, January 19, he met with his advisors until almost 10 p.m. to discuss different preemptive pardons, according to the Times. According to emails acquired by the Times, at 10:03 p.m., an aide gave Zient’s assistant a summary draft of the official decisions made at the meeting.

F ormer President Joe Biden, in an interview with the New York Times published on Sunday, said that he personally made every clemency and pardon decision during the last few weeks of his presidency -- including those made with an autopen.