Biden seeks to block release of audio recordings from classified documents investigation
Former President Biden's legal team is moving to prevent the Department of Justice from releasing 70 hours of audio recordings of his 2017 conversations with ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer. The tapes were obtained during Special Counsel Robert Hur's investigation into Biden's handling of classified documents and became central to Hur's conclusions about Biden's memory lapses. Biden's lawyers have until Tuesday to file legal action to block disclosure to Congress and the Heritage Foundation, which requested the material under FOIA.
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