Biden drops lawsuit to block release of memoir interview recordings
Former US president Biden has withdrawn his legal effort to prevent the Trump Justice Department from releasing audio interviews with his memoir ghostwriter.
Biden sued to prevent the Justice Department from releasing recordings of interviews conducted for his memoir, but has now dropped the lawsuit. The audio and transcripts were released by the Oversight Project, with potentially classified information redacted. The recordings include conversations from 2017 where Biden discussed sensitive materials.
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Biden drops lawsuit over release of audio from interviews for memoir
The former US president sued and sought an injunction to prevent the Justice Department under Trump from releasing the recordings.
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Joe Biden interviews with memoir ghostwriter reveal him discussing sensitive information
The potentially classified information itself is redacted in both the audio and transcripts that the Oversight Project released.
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Biden's ghostwriter tapes reveal him discussing sensitive information
“I just found all the classified stuff downstairs,” Biden said in one 2017 conversation.