DOJ May Be Able to Release Potentially Embarrassing Biden Audio Recordings Unless Courts Step In
The judge said redactions protect privacy enough to allow disclosure, giving the Heritage Foundation a legal win in its FOIA fight.
- On Friday, U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich ruled that the Justice Department can release redacted interview records between President Joe Biden and ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer, granting the Heritage Foundation access following its Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.
- Biden gave these interviews during 2016 and 2017 for his memoir, Promise Me, Dad; federal investigators later obtained the materials during Special Counsel Robert Hur's probe into classified documents handling after his vice presidency.
- Friedrich concluded that "significant public interest" in understanding Hur's investigation outweighs Biden's privacy concerns, provided the government applies extensive redactions. The court acknowledged potential "irreparable harm" but found it insufficient to block disclosure.
- The judge issued a separate order temporarily staying the release for three weeks, allowing Biden's legal team time to seek relief from the Columbia Circuit before records are disclosed.
- This ruling does not resolve Biden's separate lawsuit seeking to block release of audio recordings and transcripts from the same investigation, and whether materials are ultimately released depends on potential appeals in the coming weeks.
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Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times, Former President Joe Biden speaks in Chicago on April 15, 2025. Nam Y. Huh/AP Photo A federal judge on Friday rejected former President Joe Biden’s bid to prevent the conservative Heritage Foundation from receiving redacted transcripts and recordings of conversations he had with a ghostwriter for his 2017 memoir. Although District Judge Dabney Friedrich delayed her own decision by three weeks later on…
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