A majority of voters (52%) say aides to former President Joe Biden should be criminally prosecuted for improperly using the autopen to usurp presidential authority, according to a Rasmussen Reports national survey released Monday.
Thirty-two percent disagree and 17% are not sure.
The survey also found that 55% of likely U.S. voters consider it likely that members of Biden's White House staff used the autopen to sign documents without his knowledge or approval, including 40% who think it's very likely.
Thirty-three percent say it's not likely Biden staffers used the autopen without the president's permission, including 18% who say it's not at all likely; 12% are not sure.
The findings come after the House Oversight Committee released a report last week that concluded that "as President Biden's [mental and physical] condition deteriorated, his aides exercised presidential authority and facilitated executive actions without his direct authorization, including misusing the autopen and failing to properly document decision-making processes."
Other results from the poll include:
- Among voters who think it's very likely that members of Biden's White House staff used the autopen to sign documents without the president's knowledge or approval, 88% believe those aides should be criminally prosecuted.
- Among Republicans, 79% say it's at least somewhat likely that members of Biden's White House staff used the autopen to sign documents without his knowledge or approval, as do 38% of Democrats and 49% of unaffiliated voters.
- Among GOP supporters, 75% say Biden's aides should be criminally prosecuted for unauthorized actions during his administration, as do 36% of Democrats and 44% of unaffiliated voters.
- Among whites, 57% consider it at least somewhat likely that members of Biden's White House staff used the autopen to sign documents without the president's knowledge or approval, as do 44% of Black voters, 58% of Hispanics, and 57% of other minorities.
- Among those who voted for Donald Trump in last year's presidential election, 78% want Biden's aides to be criminally prosecuted for unauthorized actions during his administration, while 53% of those who voted for Kamala Harris oppose such prosecutions.
The survey of 1,157 U.S. likely voters was carried out Oct. 28-30 via telephone and online. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points, with a 95% level of confidence.
Fieldwork for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research.
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