WILMINGTON, Delaware., Dec 11 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has claimed, without evidence, that some actions by former President Joe Biden were invalid because he signed them using an autopen, including appointments to the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors.

Below is a look at the controversy and legality of the device.

WHAT IS AN AUTOPEN?

It is a mechanical device that replicates a ‍signature with a pen or other writing device and is used by government officials, celebrities, business leaders and members of Congress. It allows them to create a large volume of personalized correspondence without actually signing their name repeatedly.

Thomas Jefferson, who became U.S. president in 1801, used an early form of an automated writing device to simultaneously create multiple lett

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