DOJ May Be Able to Release Potentially Embarrassing Biden Audio Recordings Unless Courts Step In
The judge said redactions protect privacy enough to allow disclosure, giving the Heritage Foundation a legal win in its FOIA fight.
- On Friday, U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich ruled that the Justice Department can release redacted interview records between President Joe Biden and ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer, granting the Heritage Foundation access following its Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.
- Biden gave these interviews during 2016 and 2017 for his memoir, Promise Me, Dad; federal investigators later obtained the materials during Special Counsel Robert Hur's probe into classified documents after Biden left office as vice president.
- Friedrich concluded that the "significant public interest" in understanding Hur's investigation outweighs Biden's privacy concerns, provided the government applies extensive redactions. The court acknowledged the potential for "irreparable harm" to privacy but found it insufficient to block disclosure.
- The judge issued a separate order temporarily staying the release for three weeks, allowing Biden's legal team time to seek relief from the Columbia Circuit before the records are disclosed.
- This ruling does not resolve Biden's separate lawsuit seeking to block release of audio recordings and transcripts from the same investigation, and whether materials are ultimately released depends on potential appeals in the coming weeks.
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