Missouri AG Has Request For the Trump DOJ
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has called for an investigation into whether former President Joe Biden’s staff manipulated his declining mental state to push through radical policies without his full understanding or approval. In a letter to the Department of Justice’s Inspector General, Michael Horowitz, Bailey argued that if Biden was not mentally competent when issuing executive orders, those actions could be considered legally void.
Bailey’s request stems from mounting concerns over Biden’s cognitive decline, which became a central issue in his presidency and ultimately contributed to his withdrawal from the 2024 race. Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report on Biden’s mishandling of classified documents described him as “an elderly man with a poor memory.” Reports from The Wall Street Journal further detailed how Biden’s aides tightly controlled his schedule and responsibilities, raising questions about who was truly making key decisions in his administration.
“By now, Biden’s mental decline is famous,” Bailey wrote. “Under the 25th Amendment, his inability to make decisions should have meant a succession of power. Instead, it appears staffers and officers in the Biden administration may have exploited Biden’s incapacity so they could issue orders without an accountable President of sound mind approving them.”
Bailey pointed to specific executive actions that seemed out of step with Biden’s usual approach—or, in some cases, decisions he appeared unaware of entirely. For instance, in a January interview, House Speaker Mike Johnson revealed that Biden did not remember signing a moratorium on energy exports to Europe when questioned about it. Such an oversight raises serious concerns about whether the president was making informed decisions or merely signing off on directives presented to him by unelected staffers.
In his final days in office, Biden issued a flurry of controversial pardons and commutations, including some that directly contradicted recommendations from his own Department of Justice. Among the 2,500 drug offenders he granted clemency, at least three were linked to violent crimes—one involved the death of a police officer, while another pardoned individual had murdered a mother and her eight-year-old child.
Perhaps most strikingly, Biden issued a wave of last-minute preemptive pardons for high-profile figures, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, Gen. Mark Milley, and even members of the January 6 committee. He also pardoned his own son, Hunter Biden, raising ethical concerns about the use of presidential power to shield family members.
Beyond pardons, Biden also attempted to unilaterally declare the Equal Rights Amendment as part of the Constitution, despite the National Archives’ clear stance that it was not legally ratified. This act further highlighted the erratic nature of his final moves in office and fueled speculation that others were making decisions on his behalf.
Bailey’s letter ultimately raises a fundamental question: Who was truly running the country during Biden’s presidency? If unelected staffers were making decisions in place of a mentally declining president, it would represent an extraordinary breach of democratic accountability.
“The people deserve to know the truth,” Bailey wrote. “I fear that Mr. Biden, while he held the office of President, did so in name only and was a mere puppet for far-left, unelected staffers.”