Appeals court denies Biden bid to block release of tapes with biographer, for now
Summary
A federal appeals court denied President Biden’s request to block the release of transcripts and audio recordings of his conversations with his biographer from about ten years ago. The recordings will be given to the Heritage Foundation, a conservative group, but the court allowed more time until August 3 for further appeals.Key Facts
- The court’s decision was a 2-1 ruling by three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
- The Heritage Foundation requested the tapes after a special counsel report mentioned them in connection with Biden’s memory and behavior.
- The recordings are from 2016 and 2017 when Biden spoke with his biographer, Mark Zwonitzer.
- The Justice Department withheld the tapes at first but planned to release them after President Trump returned to office.
- A lower court initially blocked and then delayed the tapes’ release to allow for further review.
- Biden’s legal team argued that the recordings were private and should not be public because they were collected during a criminal investigation that led to no charges.
- The case involves a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by the Heritage Foundation.
- The court delayed the ruling until August 3 to give time for possible appeals.
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