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Donald Trump: “The law is you have to sign it [a document] if somebody's…”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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Trump addresses House Republicans at the Trump-Kennedy Center

Published | Video Starts at 21:34

You know that? Two little dots. You know what that's from two pins. They go bing, pooh, bing. They're wonderful things. But you got to sign it. And The law is you have to sign it [a document] if somebody's, you know, telling the auto pen person he has to be authorized by the president of the United States. Well, he wasn't. The guy barely knew the president. How many times did you speak to the president? Right? He said two. And they just spoke about the weather. (21:34–21:42)

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Asserts that the law requires the president to authorize the use of an auto pen for signing documents.

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