Bongbong usually makes highly informed posts, could someone who knows them make sure this one wasn't authorized with an autopen?
"Settled" like the fact that Covid came from a wild virus found at a fish market? The point here is that there is strong evidence that as far back as a year ago Biden was unaware of what his signature was being used for. He had no idea that he had signed an order to halt gas shipments to Ukraine, claimed it was just an order to study gas somewhere.
Link.
We'll see if the Democrats chance letting Biden speak in public and if he's willing to recant past statements and specifically affirm his pardons. Short of that, or even with it, the Trump administration has a duty to challenge anything done through EO at the end of Biden's administration and create a precedent that autopens be declared illegitimate. Even if his pardons were legitimate, it is obvious other things were abused in this fashion and that avenue for abuse of future dog emperors should be closed. Unfortunately Trump likely sees this as a bargaining chip for leverage over the Democrats and will likely use it opportunistically rather than follow through on an actual principle.
A regular pardon is a deeply traditional and important feature of an executive. Written laws cannot anticipate every situation they may be applied to, so a person representing individual authority (king, president...) has the power to step in where someone may be technically guilty of breaking a law, but clearly undeserving of the punishment allotted for it.
Doing so preemptively completely defeats the purpose of this check, is complete bullshit, and anyone supporting or exploiting such a usage themselves commits a severe crime against humanity for perverting justice.