{"id":19486,"date":"2026-07-28T04:12:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T23:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=19486"},"modified":"2026-07-28T04:12:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T23:12:51","slug":"biden-memoir-tapes-released-after-foia-fight-by-oversight-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=19486","title":{"rendered":"Biden memoir tapes released after FOIA fight by Oversight Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">Former President <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_17683\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/joe-biden\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Biden&#8217;s<\/a> recordings from interviews with his memoir ghostwriter \u2014 obtained during special counsel Robert Hur&#8217;s classified documents investigation \u2014 have been released to the public.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">After a months-long fight from Biden\u2019s attorneys to block the release of the tape, they abandoned their lawsuit calling for dismal Friday in which a judge accepted Monday.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The plaintiff, Mike Howell formerly with conservative think tank Heritage Foundation and now at Oversight Project, has fought for more than two years to obtain the materials through FOIA requests, arguing that the public has an interest in reviewing the recordings and transcripts on which Hur based his decision.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_17684\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/bidens-hur-interview-tapes-could-now-go-public-after-his-attorneys-wave-white-flag\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>BIDEN&#8217;S HUR INTERVIEW TAPES COULD NOW GO PUBLIC AFTER HIS ATTORNEYS WAVE WHITE FLAG<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/343\/192\/Joe-Biden-thinking.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/686\/384\/Joe-Biden-thinking.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/672\/378\/Joe-Biden-thinking.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1344\/756\/Joe-Biden-thinking.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1200\/675\/Joe-Biden-thinking.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Joe Biden thinking\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Former President Biden was dogged throughout his term by rumors of his purported cognitive decline.<\/span> <span>(Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The Oversight Project published more than 70 hours of recordings from Biden&#8217;s 2016 and 2017 conversations with his &#8220;Promise Me, Dad&#8221; ghostwriter, Mark Zwonitzer, in which the then-former vice president frequently pauses, speaks haltingly and struggles to recall events \u2014 reinforcing Special Counsel Robert Hur&#8217;s characterization in his report.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Joe Biden didn\u2019t want these tapes to come out. But now they have \u2014 after two years of painful delay. There is no joy in Bidenville today. Robert Hur\u2019s and Merrick Garland\u2019s decision to give Biden a free pass for keeping and disclosing classified information must now be reexamined from top to bottom,&#8221; Oversight Project Vice President of Litigation Jeff Clark exclusively told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Hur investigated Biden\u2019s handling of classified documents dating from his time as vice president in the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_17685\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/barack-obama\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Obama administration<\/a> and as a U.S. senator from Delaware. He declined to pursue criminal charges because he concluded prosecutors could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Biden willfully retained or disclosed the material.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_17686\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/hunter-biden-resurfaces-la-reacts-questions-about-biden-tapes-ufo-files\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>HUNTER BIDEN RESURFACES IN LA, REACTS TO QUESTIONS ABOUT BIDEN TAPES, UFO FILES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/343\/192\/president-joe-biden-february-7-2023-state-of-the-union.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/686\/384\/president-joe-biden-february-7-2023-state-of-the-union.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/672\/378\/president-joe-biden-february-7-2023-state-of-the-union.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1344\/756\/president-joe-biden-february-7-2023-state-of-the-union.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1200\/675\/president-joe-biden-february-7-2023-state-of-the-union.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"President Joe Biden in 2023\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>US President Joe Biden speaks during a State of the Union address at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023.<\/span> <span>(Nathan Howard\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">In his report, Hur wrote that Biden\u2019s conversations were &#8220;painfully slow&#8221; and said Biden was &#8220;struggling to remember events and straining at times to read and relay his own notebook entries.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Mr. Biden&#8217;s memory was significantly limited, both during his recorded interviews with the ghostwriter in 2017 and in his interview with our office in 2023,&#8221; wrote Hur.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/343\/192\/joe-biden-1980s.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/686\/384\/joe-biden-1980s.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/672\/378\/joe-biden-1980s.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1344\/756\/joe-biden-1980s.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1200\/675\/joe-biden-1980s.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Then-Sen. Joe Biden speaking in 1987\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Then-Sen. Joe Biden delivered a fiery speech in 1989 calling on the H.W. Bush administration to launch an &#8220;international strike force&#8221; on narco-terrorists.<\/span> <span>(Cynthia Johnson\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">He also said, in shocking reasoning for the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_17688\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/attorney-general\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">lack of prosecution<\/a>, that Biden could appear to a jury as a &#8220;sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory&#8221; rather than an intentional violator of classified document laws.<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Ashley J. 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