Biden Sues DOJ To Block Release Of Memoir Recordings
Biden sued to stop the Justice Department from releasing about 70 hours of 2016–2017 interviews with his memoir ghostwriter, which DOJ plans to share with Congress and the Heritage Foundation on June 15.
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Overview
Former President Joe Biden filed a lawsuit on May 26 in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., seeking to block the Justice Department from releasing audio recordings and transcripts.
The materials comprise about 70 hours of 2016–2017 interviews with ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer used for Biden's 2017 memoir, obtained by Special Counsel Robert Hur during his probe.
The Justice Department said it will fight to release the tapes, accusing Biden's prior DOJ of trying to 'hide' recordings, and President Donald Trump called Biden a 'Crooked Politician' in a May 26 Truth Social post.
Special Counsel Robert Hur's 345-page report found Biden 'willfully retained and disclosed' classified materials but recommended no criminal charges, and Hur's team interviewed 147 people as part of the investigation.
A judge granted intervention on May 21 as to some of Biden's claims, and Biden now seeks judicial review to block the Justice Department's planned June 15 release to Congress and the Heritage Foundation.
Analysis
Center-leaning sources frame the story around doubts about Biden's cognitive fitness by foregrounding the special counsel's critical language and Republican demands for release. Editorial choices—highlighting quotes such as "painfully slow" and "significant decline," placing Hur's findings before Biden's privacy arguments, and offering limited independent context—amplify concerns while treating legal defenses as secondary.