Joe Biden interviews with memoir ghostwriter reveal him discussing sensitive information
The recordings include Biden’s comments on classified material and memory lapses, which special counsel Robert Hur cited in declining to bring charges.
- On Monday, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals dissolved its blocking injunction, allowing the Department of Justice to release roughly 70 hours of audio recordings of former President Joe Biden's conversations with ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer to the House Judiciary Committee and The Heritage Foundation.
- The Heritage Foundation filed a Freedom of Information Act request on Feb. 9, 2024, seeking Special Counsel Robert Hur's investigative records; the DOJ denied it citing privacy concerns, prompting the conservative think tank to sue in March 2024.
- Hur's February 2024 report found Biden willfully retained classified materials and characterized him as having "diminished faculties and faulty memory," with the 70-hour recordings showing Biden "struggling to remember events" as early as 2016.
- The judge noted the case "involves an unusually strong public interest in the release of law enforcement materials," and after adverse rulings, Biden's legal team abandoned their lawsuit, which the Oversight Project called a "complete and total victory."
- Despite the recordings, no charges were brought, as Hur determined it would be "difficult to convince a jury" to convict Biden, a former president in his eighties, of a serious felony; Biden stepped aside after a June 2024 debate and plans a memoir sequel in November.
200 Articles
200 Articles
Los Angeles Times
Independent EspañolRecently released audio recordings, released by a conservative activist group, seem to show Joe Biden sharing classified information with a biographer and sometimes claiming memory lapses during interviews that took place before his election to the presidency in 2020.
(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Hong Jeong-gyu = The Heritage Foundation, a conservative U.S. think tank, [released] former U.S. President Joe Biden's 2016 and 2017 audio recordings...
The Washington Post
INTELLINEWSConservatives tout Biden tapes as proof of his decline. The audio is more nuanced.
Audio of Joe Biden's interviews with a ghostwriter in 2016 and 2017 show him referencing classified materials and occasionally struggling to recall details.
Biden Tapes: A Look Inside the Audio Recordings and Transcripts of Biden Interview with Ghostwriter
Former President Joe Biden revealed classified information to his ghostwriter in 2016 and 2017 as the pair worked on his memoir following his tenure as vice president, newly released audio recordings and interview transcripts confirmed Monday. The Oversight Project released over 100 pages of transcripts from Biden's interviews, ending a two-year legal fight to obtain the information from former Special Counsel Robert Hur. The former president dr…
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 51% of the sources are Center
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
