Rep. James Comer Mocks Nbc Story Equating His Digital Signature With Biden's Autopen Scandal

House Oversight Committee president Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., ripped NBC News and 1 of its reporters connected Tuesday for a communicative equating his usage of a integer signature pinch nan Biden administration’s use of an autopen.

NBC reporters Ryan Nobles and Melanie Zanona wrote that while Comer leads nan investigation into erstwhile President Joe Biden’s usage of an autopen, they recovered grounds that letters and lawsuit notices sent for nan probe utilized Comer’s integer signature.

"He has sent 16 letters to erstwhile Biden White House officials requesting transcribed interviews," they wrote. "In each 16 of those letters, metadata reveals his signature was a integer image inserted into nan letter."

The communicative was seen by many, including Comer himself, arsenic a measurement of attempting to obfuscate nan contention surrounding nan alleged cover-up of Biden's intelligence diminution while successful office.

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The communicative was seen by many, including Comer himself, arsenic a measurement of attempting to obfuscate nan contention surrounding nan alleged cover-up of Biden's intelligence diminution while successful office. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

"There’s still clip to delete this, Ryan," Comer wrote connected his legislature X account, adding an altered photograph of Nobles reporting connected nan communicative connected NBC News Live arsenic a clown.

Comer posted different comments connected his individual X relationship likewise attacking nan report.

In a connection to Fox News Digital, Comer doubled down, calling NBC "Fake News" and "Democrat propaganda."

"It’s clear Fake News NBC is wherever publicity goes to die, and Democrat propaganda goes to thrive. We are closing successful connected 1 of nan top scandals successful American history. The truth that nan NBC hacks don't cognize nan quality betwixt nan authorized usage of integer signature and nan unauthorized usage of autopen for executive actions is each you request to know," Comer said.

The House Oversight Committee’s X relationship added, "Ryan is retired present cosplaying arsenic a journalist while Biden's unit played Weekend astatine Bernie's pinch executive powers and an autopen. Imagine watching a law situation unfold and deciding your large scoop is Adobe Acrobat connected screen letters. Touch grass, Ryan."

NBC News didn't instantly respond to a petition for comment. 

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Other X users mocked nan communicative for making an "apples-to-oranges" comparison to spout Democratic talking points.

"The ungraded astir Biden isn't that he simply utilized an autopen to motion pardons, it's that based connected nan reporting, he was UNAWARE of nan group receiving pardons. So I'm struggling to spot really this is newsworthy, extracurricular of being a lame effort astatine accelerated consequence for Democrats," Republican strategist Andrew Surabian wrote.

"The truth that NBC News doesn’t cognize that this is an apples-to-oranges comparison is simply a HUGE problem. This isn’t journalism; this is simply a shameless effort to launder Democrat talking points," blimpish commentator Steve Guest wrote.

He added, "Stories for illustration this 1 are really group tin cognize NBC is conscionable a propaganda limb of nan Democrat Party."

National Journalism Center programme head T. Becket Adams joked, "How did nan property ‘miss’ nan communicative of Biden's cognitive decline??"

In a follow-up tweet, he added, "Contrary to what truthful galore journalists look to believe, you are not, successful fact, morally aliases contractually obligated to people each portion of oppo provided by a Democratic office."

"You tin really say, 'No, convey you. This is simply a very stupid 'gotcha,' and publishing it nether my sanction will make maine look for illustration a weapons-grade moron.' Be free, small ones. Be free!" Adams joked. 

Substack writer Jim Treacher commented, "Remember erstwhile they claimed they simply ‘missed nan story’? That was, of course, a lie."

"@RepJamesComer has afloat power of his mind and staff. Biden did not. The favoritism matters," Rep. Mike Lee, R-Utah, wrote.

Co-founder and CEO of The Federalist Sean Davis wrote, "Imagine being truthful stupid and corrupt arsenic to constitute this article and deliberation it’s moreover remotely analogous to a cabal of White House staffers taking advantage of a president pinch dementia and utilizing his intelligence infirmity arsenic an excuse to commandeer nan powers of nan presidency."

"I'm trying to understand why this was written, different than to push Democrat propaganda and debar covering nan investigation into Biden's decline. Is nan statement from @ryanoblesand @MZanona that Comer doesn't cognize he's sending these letters/subpoenas he talks astir each nan time?" Federalist editor-in-chief Mollie Hemingway asked. 

Republicans person attacked nan Biden administration’s use of an autopen connected a number of executive orders and different charismatic documents aft years of concerns astir Biden’s declining intelligence acuity. Comer and different GOP members person accused unit members of utilizing nan autopen to motion disconnected connected orders without Biden’s afloat consent.

One illustration included Biden granting clemency and pardoning much than 1,500 individuals, successful what nan White House described astatine nan clip arsenic nan largest single-day enactment of clemency by a U.S. president.

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., has accused nan Biden management of utilizing an autopen to motion disconnected connected orders without nan president being aware. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File and Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

In an question and reply pinch nan New York Times connected Thursday, Biden defended nan usage of nan autopen by insisting he "made each decision" connected his own.

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However, nan Times reported that Biden "did not individually o.k. each sanction for nan categorical pardons that applied to ample numbers of people," according to nan erstwhile president and his aides.

Instead of many times asking nan president to re-sign updated versions of charismatic documents, his unit utilized an autopen to put Biden's signature connected nan last version.

Fox News' Andrea Margolis contributed to this report.