Joe Biden interviews with memoir ghostwriter reveal him discussing sensitive information
Summary
Audio recordings and transcripts were released that show President Joe Biden speaking about sensitive information during interviews with his memoir ghostwriter before he became president. The recordings reveal moments where Biden discussed classified topics and also had trouble remembering some details.Key Facts
- The recordings and transcripts came from interviews Biden did with his memoir ghostwriter, Mark Lewis Zwonitzer, before the 2020 presidential election.
- The Oversight Project, part of the conservative Heritage Foundation, released about three hours of audio and 117 pages of transcripts.
- Some parts of the recordings related to classified information are redacted, meaning they are hidden for security reasons.
- In the interviews, Biden mentioned writing a 40-page memo opposing troop deployment in Afghanistan.
- Special Counsel Robert Hur investigated Biden but decided not to charge him for handling classified information.
- Hur noted Biden’s age and memory issues as reasons he thought a jury would be sympathetic.
- Biden was 74 when the interviews started and 81 during the 2024 election cycle.
- Biden’s office called the release politically motivated and emphasized that the conversations were private.
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