Trump challenges Biden's Fed appointments with autopen allegations

BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 12/09/25 08:10 PM EST

(Corrects headline to clarify there has been no confirmation that Biden used an autopen for Fed appointments)

MOUNT POCONO, Pennsylvania Dec 9 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he has heard that his predecessor Joe Biden used an autopen to sign the appointments of some Democratic members of the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors and suggested he could challenge the legality of those appointments.

(Reporting By Nandita Bose and Jarrett Renshaw; Editing by Himani Sarkar)

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