US judge rejects Joe Biden’s lawsuit asking to withhold memoir recordings
Key takeaways
- Biden, a former Democratic president, argued that releasing the recordings would violate his right to privacy while out of office.
- On Friday, US District Judge Dabney Friedrich, an appointee of President Donald Trump, ruled that the recordings could be released to the Heritage Foundation, a right-wing think tank.
- The Trump administration had already authorised the release of the recordings and transcripts, which Biden made while out of public office with his ghostwriter, Mark Zwonitzer.
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Biden, a former Democratic president, argued that releasing the recordings would violate his right to privacy while out of office.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Former President Joe Biden and former First Lady Jill Biden attend the dedication ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center on June 18 [Alex Brandon/AP Photo]By Al Jazeera Staff Published On 19 Jun 202619 Jun 2026A United States judge has denied a petition from former Democratic President Joe Biden arguing his right to privacy would be violated should recordings he made for a memoir be made public.
On Friday, US District Judge Dabney Friedrich, an appointee of President Donald Trump, ruled that the recordings could be released to the Heritage Foundation, a right-wing think tank.