Biden ghostwriter tapes to be released
The Biden administration has decided not to appeal a court ruling that mandates the release of transcripts and audio recordings from interviews with his ghostwriter. These records, collected during a Justice Department investigation into classified documents, are being sought by conservative groups to scrutinize the former president's mental acuity.
Why it matters
The release of these tapes could influence public perception of political leadership and memory, potentially impacting ongoing political discourse regarding presidential fitness.
Former President Joe Biden will not appeal a court ruling allowing the Trump Justice Department to release transcripts and tape recordings of the Biden's conversations with his ghostwriter.
Biden's lawyers filed a notice of voluntary dismissal Friday in a related case that has the effect of ending the legal battle. The result is a win for the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank that sued in order to publicize the records. The tapes date back to 2017, after Biden left office as vice president and sat for several hours of interviews with the writer collaborating on his memoir, Promise Me, Dad . In 2022, when Biden was president, he informed the Justice Department that he had discovered classified documents at his Wilmington, Del., home. The Department then began an investigation into his handling of classified document; it collected the tapes as a part of that investigation.
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