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Appeals court rejects Biden’s bid to block release of recordings of ghostwriter interviews
The panel said redactions can protect privacy, but it found a substantial public interest in seeing material used by Special Counsel Robert Hur.
- On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled 2-1 against former President Joe Biden, rejecting his bid to block the Justice Department from releasing audio recordings and transcripts of his biographer interviews.
- The Heritage Foundation filed a public records request following Special Counsel Robert Hur's 2024 report, which cited recordings showing Biden's "diminished faculties and faulty memory" during his handling of classified documents.
- Biden's lawyers argued the discussions were intended to be private, likening them to diary entries, while the Justice Department maintained the conversations "were never intended to be shared with a wider audience."
- Despite the 2-1 ruling, the court suspended its decision until August 3 to allow Biden time for further appeals, noting a "substantial" public interest in disclosing the material.
- D.C. Circuit Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan and Judge Gregory Katsas formed the majority, while Judge Florence Pan dissented from the opinion, reflecting judicial divisions on privacy versus public disclosure.
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Biden Drops Effort to Stop House Judiciary Committee from Accessing His Interview Tapes With Ghostwriter
Stephanie Scarbrough/AP Photo Former President Joe Biden abandoned his legal effort to stop audio recordings of his interviews with his memoir ghostwriter from being turned over to the House Judiciary Committee on Friday, filing a notice of voluntary dismissal on Friday after suffering a setback in federal appeals court. The filing ends Biden’s attempt to block the release of the recordings and transcripts stemming from interviews conducted in 2…
·New York, United States
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The former U.S. president's request to prevent the publication of audio recordings related to the writing of his briefs was denied.
·Montreal, Canada
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