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'I just found all the classified stuff downstairs' - Biden to ghostwriter

'I just found all the classified stuff downstairs' - Biden to ghostwriter

Summary

Audio recordings from 2017 reveal that President Biden acknowledged having classified materials after leaving his vice-presidential job. Republicans in Congress released these tapes during an ongoing Justice Department investigation into how Biden handled classified documents.

Key Facts

  • The recordings were made while Biden was working on his 2017 memoir.
  • In the tapes, Biden says he found classified documents stored downstairs after leaving office.
  • House Republicans and a conservative group sued to get the tapes released.
  • The Justice Department had declined to release the tapes during Biden’s presidency.
  • Biden’s lawyers tried to keep the recordings private but dropped the lawsuit after losing in court.
  • The tapes include redactions, which Republicans say hide Biden’s disclosure of classified information.
  • Special Counsel Robert Hur investigated and concluded Biden improperly kept records but did not charge him.
  • Hur believed a jury might sympathize with Biden due to his age and memory issues.
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