Biden to fight DOJ's release of ghostwriter tapes
Summary
President Biden plans to ask a court to stop the Justice Department from releasing recordings of his talks with his ghostwriter. These tapes are important in an investigation about classified documents but Biden denies sharing secret information.Key Facts
- The recordings include Biden reading parts of a classified notebook to his ghostwriter, Mark Zwonitzer.
- Special Counsel Robert Hur investigated Biden's handling of classified documents but did not charge him.
- Hur described Biden as a well-meaning older man with poor memory and noted Biden read classified info from his journal aloud multiple times.
- The Justice Department wants to share redacted transcripts and recordings with Congress and the Heritage Foundation, a conservative group suing for the tapes.
- Biden's team says he gave the tapes on the promise they wouldn’t be made public and now wants to stop their release.
- The Heritage Foundation opposes Biden’s request and accused him of delaying his legal efforts.
- The Justice Department may delay releasing the tapes if Biden files to intervene by Tuesday.
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