Biden drops lawsuit seeking to block release of recordings of his interviews with a ghostwriter
Biden’s attorneys withdrew the case after a 2-1 appeals court ruling found a substantial public interest in disclosing the recordings.
- On Friday, President Joe Biden voluntarily dismissed his lawsuit seeking to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts from memoir interviews, ending his legal challenge to disclosure.
- Originating from 2016 and 2017 sessions between Biden and ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer, the recordings were gathered as evidence during Special Counsel Robert Hur's investigation into classified documents handling.
- A 2-1 appellate panel denied Biden's emergency injunction motion, finding a "substantial" public interest in disclosure; Circuit Judge Florence Pan dissented, arguing for a "substantial privacy interest."
- The Justice Department can now release the recordings to Congress and the Heritage Foundation after Biden's attorneys declined to petition the Supreme Court for further review.
- Republicans in Congress demanded the materials after Hur declined to file charges against the then-president, concluding a months-long dispute over executive privacy rights versus public disclosure.
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Biden drops lawsuit seeking block of memoir tapes after court loss
Former President Joe Biden on Friday dropped his lawsuit attempting to bar the release of his memoir tapes to the public, after an appeals court ruled in favor of releasing them. Biden’s attorneys filed the notice of voluntary dismissal, days after a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled against his bid to block the release of dozens of hours of audio recordings and interview transcript…
Biden backs off lawsuit over ghostwriter interview audio
Former President Biden on Friday dropped his lawsuit to block the public release of recordings from his interviews he gave to a memoir ghostwriter several years ago. Biden’s lawyers filed a notice of voluntary dismissal in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., after a panel of circuit court judges rejected his petition to block…
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