The woman who was controlling former President Joe Biden’s controversial “autopen” signature to pass many restrictive policies into law wasn’t his wife, Jill Biden.
That’s according to a bombshell new reveal from White House artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency czar David Sacks, who accused a top Democratic senator of controlling Biden’s autopen to implement regulations on the cryptocurrency industry.
Can you guess who it is?
It was Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-M.A.
During an appearance on Fox News’s “Jesse Watters Primetime” this week, Sacks claimed Warren was the driving force behind the Biden administration’s hostile approach to digital currencies.
“This is the financial system of the future, Jesse and we have to encourage it,” Sacks said. “What the Biden administration was doing, and let’s face it — it wasn’t Biden — Elizabeth Warren controlled the autopen during that administration.”
“She, for some reason, has this pathological hatred for the crypto community. She wants to drive this community offshore. She doesn’t want it happening in the United States,” Sacks continued. “That’s the wrong policy. We want all the innovation happening here. This is the financial system of the future. It’s cheaper, it’s more efficient. We want it happening here, and I think people are thrilled that President Trump is making that possible.”
The autopen is a machine that, when authorized by the president, allows anyone to duplicate the commander-in-chief’s signature onto documents.
The device is traditionally used for routine matters when the president is traveling, but critics argue it became a workaround for the absentee commander-in-chief Biden.
Sacks later clarified his comments to The New York Post, specifying that his accusations were limited to cryptocurrency policy rather than broader autopen use.
“Just to be clear, I was talking about the issue of crypto,” Sacks said. “It won’t come as a surprise to anyone in the crypto community that Elizabeth Warren was calling the shots on crypto policy during the Biden administration.”
The crypto czar pointed to Warren’s close working relationship with former Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler, who led aggressive enforcement actions against cryptocurrency companies. SEC enforcement actions against crypto companies nearly doubled from when Gensler took over in 2021 until he left office.
Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts and the top liberal on the Senate Banking Committee, has been one of the leading advocates for tighter cryptocurrency regulations. She has repeatedly criticized cryptocurrencies as tools for money laundering and fraud and has called for the creation of a central bank digital currency.
“I believe that Democrats understand the importance of consumer protections and anti-money laundering curbs in any new financial product,” Warren told reporters earlier this year. “All we’re looking for is a level playing field between crypto and all of the other financial systems.”
Warren has also criticized the bipartisan GENIUS Act, legislation currently being considered by Congress to establish regulatory guardrails for stablecoins, a type of cryptocurrency pegged to certain assets to limit volatility.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer recently announced an investigation into Biden’s use of the autopen, saying he believes “we’ve identified the staffer” who operated the device. The investigation centers on determining whether Biden was cognitively fit to authorize the autopen’s use.
“There is more evidence coming out by the second that would prove that Joe Biden wasn’t the one making decisions during the last 100 days of his administration,” Comer said during an appearance on Fox Business’s “Varney & Co.” Wednesday.
Comer has demanded testimony from former White House doctor Kevin O’Connor and four Biden aides to examine autopen use during his administration. The committee wants to determine whether executive actions, particularly those impacting the tech sector, were executed without Biden’s full awareness or direct involvement.
President Donald Trump and his allies have repeatedly suggested that Biden aides used the autopen on key documents such as executive orders to mask the former president’s cognitive decline.
Trump has even suggested that some of Biden’s pardons and executive actions should be voided if an autopen was used on them.
The autopen has been used by presidents for decades. Former President Barack Obama used the device during his White House years, and Harry Truman is widely believed to be the first president to use the modern machine. But both were completely mentally functional at the time of the autopens use, which may not have been the case with Biden.
Sacks, who is the first person in any administration to hold the title of crypto czar, purchased his first Bitcoin in 2013 and is now in charge of crafting a legal framework for cryptocurrency in the United States. His advisors are determining whether cryptocurrencies will be classified as commodities or securities, which will determine disclosure and registration requirements.
The Trump administration has fully embraced cryptocurrency, with the president announcing a US strategic reserve earlier this year and personally launching a memecoin called $TRUMP that has boosted his net worth. Last week, Trump hosted a dinner at his Northern Virginia golf course for the top 220 holders of his memecoin.
Vice President JD Vance also spoke at a cryptocurrency event in Las Vegas on Wednesday and revealed that he owns Bitcoin. Sacks attended the same Las Vegas event, where he described the transformation of the crypto community under the new administration.
“Consumer confidence is hitting new highs and Bitcoin confidence is hitting new highs,” Sacks said. “This was a community that a year ago, was completely under siege. They were being prosecuted. They were being subjected to lawfare. They just wanted to know what the rules were. They said give us fair rules and we’ll abide by them. The Biden administration would never do that.”
Sacks added, “We don’t want to be a country that uses AI to destroy industries. We want to be a country that uses it to build.”
The cryptocurrency industry has faced skepticism from traditional finance leaders. JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warned lawmakers during September 2022 congressional testimony that the industry is rife with “decentralized Ponzi schemes.”
Currently, cryptocurrency is subject to fewer regulations than other financial assets such as stocks and bonds. Warren has long been a crusader for aggressive regulations and is among the foremost progressive voices on financial policy.
Speaker Mike Johnson and Majority Leader Steve Scalise have both signaled support for cryptocurrency innovation, particularly as states like Louisiana and Florida move forward with digital finance legislation.