Former President Joe Biden sues the Justice Department to block release of audio recordings from biographer interviews.
Former President Joe Biden filed a lawsuit on Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to prevent the DOJ from releasing approximately 70 hours of audio files and transcripts from interviews with ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer. The recordings, made in 2016 and 2017 for Biden's memoir, were part of Special Counsel Robert Hur's investigation into Biden's handling of classified documents. The DOJ had planned to release the materials to the House Judiciary Committee and the Heritage Foundation on June 15 in response to FOIA requests.
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Outlets uniformly report the lawsuit's basic facts, but the right-leaning press emphasizes the tapes' role in the classified documents probe, while others frame the suit around Biden's right to privacy for personal conversations.
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“Biden sues Justice Department to stop release of audio from interviews”NBC NBC News LEFT-CENTER
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“Biden sues Justice Department to stop release of audio, transcripts tied to special counsel probe”NYP NY Post RIGHT
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“Ex-President Biden Sues to Stop DOJ Disclosing Interview Tapes” · Axios, Bloomberg, Reuters
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NPRNPR Biden sues DOJ to stop release of audio and transcripts tied to special counsel probe 9d ago HPHuffPost Former President Biden Sues DOJ Over Release Of Interview Audio 9d ago CNNCNN Biden sues to stop Justice Department from releasing interview recordings 9d ago TNew York Times Biden Sues Justice Dept. to Block Release of Tapes 9d ago LEFT-CENTER3
CBSCBS News Biden sues Justice Department to block release of files from biographer interviews 9d ago ABCABC News Biden sues DOJ to block release of audio recordings tied to special counsel probe 10d ago NBCNBC News Biden sues Justice Department to stop release of audio from interviews 9d ago CENTER5
AAxios Biden files lawsuit in bid to block DOJ audio interview release 10d ago BLBloomberg Ex-President Biden Sues to Stop DOJ Disclosing Interview Tapes 10d ago RReuters Former President Biden sues DOJ over release of interview audio 10d ago HThe Hill Biden sues to block release of audio, transcripts in special counsel investigation 9d ago PPolitico Biden sues to stop Justice Department from releasing audio files 9d ago RIGHT5
WEWashington Examiner Biden sues to prevent release of interview audio from Robert Hur DOJ investigation 9d ago NYPNY Post Biden sues Justice Department to stop release of audio, transcripts tied to special counsel probe 9d ago NMNewsmax Biden Sues DOJ Over Release of Interview Audio - Newsmax 10d ago BBreitbart Joe Biden Sues Trump DOJ to Bar Release of Recordings with Biographer 9d ago WTWashington Times Biden sues DOJ over releasing files related to classified information probe 9d ago Tracked claims from across the political spectrum
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