DOJ reveals it has transcripts of Biden ghostwriter interviews
The Department of Justice is in possession of transcripts detailing conversations President Joe Biden had with his ghostwriter during which the president may have revealed classified information, DOJ attorneys revealed Monday in court filings.
The attorneys acknowledged the transcripts in a response to a lawsuit brought by the conservative Heritage Foundation.
The Heritage Foundation had requested several documents and recordings referenced in former special counsel Robert Hur’s report on Biden’s handling of classified documents. One of the requests was for audio of Biden’s interviews with Mark Zwonitzer, who ghostwrote the president’s memoir Promise Me, Dad.
DOJ attorneys said Monday they discovered transcripts of some of the audio in the “past few days” as they were processing “portions of the Biden-Zwonitzer audio recordings that the parties agreed to.”
“The Department located six electronic files, consisting of a total of 117 pages, that appeared to be verbatim transcripts of a small subset of the Biden-Zwonitzer audio recordings created for the SCO by a court-reporting service,” the attorneys wrote.
A DOJ lawyer previously told the court no such transcripts existed.
“Unlike the case of the special counsel and his interviews with the president, we don’t have some transcript that’s been created by the special counsel that we can attest to its accuracy,” the attorney said during a hearing last month.
The Heritage Foundation is among several entities that have sued the DOJ over its refusal to provide certain information from Hur’s investigation.
The plaintiffs have primarily sought audio recordings of an interview Hur conducted with Biden last year. The DOJ released a transcript of the interview but has claimed the tapes are protected by executive privilege.
The attorneys acknowledged the transcripts in a response to a lawsuit brought by the conservative Heritage Foundation.
The Heritage Foundation had requested several documents and recordings referenced in former special counsel Robert Hur’s report on Biden’s handling of classified documents. One of the requests was for audio of Biden’s interviews with Mark Zwonitzer, who ghostwrote the president’s memoir Promise Me, Dad.
DOJ attorneys said Monday they discovered transcripts of some of the audio in the “past few days” as they were processing “portions of the Biden-Zwonitzer audio recordings that the parties agreed to.”
“The Department located six electronic files, consisting of a total of 117 pages, that appeared to be verbatim transcripts of a small subset of the Biden-Zwonitzer audio recordings created for the SCO by a court-reporting service,” the attorneys wrote.
A DOJ lawyer previously told the court no such transcripts existed.
“Unlike the case of the special counsel and his interviews with the president, we don’t have some transcript that’s been created by the special counsel that we can attest to its accuracy,” the attorney said during a hearing last month.
The Heritage Foundation is among several entities that have sued the DOJ over its refusal to provide certain information from Hur’s investigation.
The plaintiffs have primarily sought audio recordings of an interview Hur conducted with Biden last year. The DOJ released a transcript of the interview but has claimed the tapes are protected by executive privilege.
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