Recordings from 2016-2017 show Biden discussing potentially classified meetings with ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer
Biden tapes released after legal battle reveal classified material references
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Recordings shared with CBS News include Biden describing to Zwonitzer potentially classified meetings, including "a big meeting with the CIA and everyone," "a big meeting down in the Situation Room," and "a long meeting where DOD brief ... Biden, now 83, is at one point in the recordings heard telling his ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer: "Some of this may be classified ... 16, 2017, recording, "I just found all the classified stuff downstairs" — a comment that Hur cited as evidence Biden had classified material in his Virginia rental home, despite leaving office a month earlier.
Furthermore, But Biden's own lawyers joined the legal case and prevented disclosure, until a federal appeals court ruled against Biden on July 20. Hur investigated whether Biden illegally stored and shared classified information, and highlighted examples in his report, including Biden, then age 75, showing Zwonitzer "classified notes from a National Security Council meeting" of the Obama administration. The tapes became the subject of intense scrutiny after Hur referenced them in his February 2024 report .
In addition, AP Photo/Evan Vucci The heavily-redacted recordings of Biden working on his 2017 memoir with ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer were released Monday to the House Judiciary Committee and the conservative Oversight Project nonprofit after a two-year-long court battle. 3, 2016, while he was still serving as vice president. Hur also characterized Biden as "struggling to remember events," exhibiting "diminished faculties" and having "painfully slow" conversations as early as 2016.
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Recordings shared with CBS News include Biden describing to Zwonitzer potentially classified meetings, including "a big meeting with the CIA and everyone," "a big meeting down in the Situation Room," and "a long meeting where DOD brief ...
reliability moderate3/3 sourcesBiden, now 83, is at one point in the recordings heard telling his ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer: "Some of this may be classified ...
reliability moderate2/2 sources16, 2017, recording, "I just found all the classified stuff downstairs" — a comment that Hur cited as evidence Biden had classified material in his Virginia rental home, despite leaving office a month earlier.
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesBut Biden's own lawyers joined the legal case and prevented disclosure, until a federal appeals court ruled against Biden on July 20.
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesHur investigated whether Biden illegally stored and shared classified information, and highlighted examples in his report, including Biden, then age 75, showing Zwonitzer "classified notes from a National Security Council meeting" of the Obama administration.
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesThe tapes became the subject of intense scrutiny after Hur referenced them in his February 2024 report .
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AP Photo/Evan Vucci The heavily-redacted recordings of Biden working on his 2017 memoir with ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer were released Monday to the House Judiciary Committee and the conservative Oversight Project nonprofit after a two-year-long court battle.
according to New York Post — News3, 2016, while he was still serving as vice president.
according to CBS News — LatestHur also characterized Biden as "struggling to remember events," exhibiting "diminished faculties" and having "painfully slow" conversations as early as 2016.
according to CBS News — LatestSomething else,” Biden said. “Uh … um.
according to Washington ExaminerBiden could have requested reconsideration by the full appeals court or asked the Supreme Court to intervene.
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Biden, now 83, is at one point in the recordings heard telling his ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer: "Some of this may be classified ...
omitted byRight sidecovered byLeft sideRight side16, 2017, recording, "I just found all the classified stuff downstairs" — a comment that Hur cited as evidence Biden had classified…
omitted byRight sidecovered byLeft sideRight sideBut Biden's own lawyers joined the legal case and prevented disclosure, until a federal appeals court ruled against Biden on July 20.
omitted byRight sidecovered byLeft sideRight sideHur investigated whether Biden illegally stored and shared classified information, and highlighted examples in his report, including Biden,…
omitted byRight sidecovered byLeft sideRight sideIt’s not marked classified, but —” At another point, Biden said, “The next thing I have here is, um, this is classified.” Biden also…
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