**Trump Initiates Probe into Biden Administration Policies, Fuels Conspiracy Theories**

In a surprising turn of events, President Trump has issued an executive order demanding an investigation into former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his aides. This directive, delivered Wednesday, instructs the White House counsel and the attorney general to scrutinize whether some of Biden’s presidential actions were enacted without his knowledge, throwing the legitimacy of those policies into question.

The executive order appears to be part of Trump’s ongoing effort to propagate baseless conspiracy theories about his predecessor. Over the weekend, Trump propagated a claim on social media asserting that Biden had been "executed in 2020" and replaced by a robotic clone, echoing his persistent narrative that Biden is merely a puppet controlled by his aides.

Responding on Wednesday, Biden countered these assertions, labeling them "ridiculous and false." He assured the public that he personally made decisions regarding pardons, executive orders, and other key presidential actions during his tenure.

The order emerges after recent revelations about Biden’s advanced prostate cancer diagnosis and amid renewed discussions about his health. Since resuming office, Trump has consistently targeted his political rivals, with Biden being a primary focus. These actions included attempts to revoke Biden’s security clearance and order probes into the prior administration's handling of numerous issues. However, this latest inquiry signals a significant intensification.

Trump's order highlights that the White House under Biden issued over 1,200 presidential documents, appointed 235 judges, and granted more pardons and commutations than any previous administration. Central to this conspiracy theory is the claim that Biden's use of the autopen system, which replicates signatures on documents, might invalidate official documents, including pardons.

Despite Trump’s acknowledgement that autopen has been occasionally used in his administration, he maintains that its purported overuse in the Biden administration calls into question the legality of certain presidential actions. The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, at the behest of President George W. Bush in 2005, clarified that a president does not need to physically sign a bill for it to become law, permitting the use of autopen.

Howard C. Nielson Jr., who penned the 2005 opinion for the Office of Legal Counsel and is now a Federal District Court judge in Utah, appointed by Trump, underscored this point by affirming that a subordinate may legally be directed to affix the president's signature using an autopen.

This latest executive order from Trump underscores his strategy of leveraging the power and resources of the federal government to challenge the actions of his political opponents, injecting further controversy into an already polarized political landscape.