What's He Got to Hide? Joe Biden Sues the DOJ to Keep Damaging Audio Hidden
Joe Biden has filed a lawsuit to prevent the release of audio recordings related to his memoir, which are part of an investigation into his handling of classified documents. The recordings reportedly contain evidence of Biden's memory struggles and awkward pauses during interviews. This legal action follows previous attempts to access the recordings through Freedom of Information Act requests.
- ▪Biden's lawsuit seeks to block the release of approximately 70 hours of audio recordings and transcripts from interviews for his 2017 memoir.
- ▪The recordings are central to a Special Counsel investigation that found Biden mishandled classified documents after his vice presidency.
- ▪Partial audio released in May 2025 revealed Biden struggling with memory recall, including not remembering the date of his son Beau's death.
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What's He Got to Hide? Joe Biden Sues the DOJ to Keep Damaging Audio Hidden Matt Margolis | 9:32 AM on May 27, 2026 Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP For years, Democrats and their allies in the media swore Joe Biden was sharp as a tack, fully capable, and absolutely fine. Then came the June 2024 debate, and that story collapsed in real time before millions of viewers. The fallout was so bad that Biden's own party forced him off the ticket. He dropped out, spent the rest of his term below the radar, and has spent his post-presidency trying to rehabilitate his image. Now, that effort has taken a new and telling turn.
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