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Biden backs off lawsuit over ghostwriter interview audio

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Former President Biden on Friday dropped his lawsuit to block the public release of recordings from his interviews he gave to a memoir ghostwriter several years ago. Biden’s lawyers filed a notice of voluntary dismissal in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.

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  1. CBS News

    Appeals court denies Biden bid to block release of tapes with biographer, for now (opens CBS News)

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    An appeals court denied former President Joe Biden's attempt to keep the Justice Department from giving a conservative think tank redacted transcripts and audio recordings of conversations with his biographer.

  2. Jonesboro Sun

    Appeals court rejects Biden's bid to withhold recordings and transcripts of pre-presidency interviews with ghostwriter (opens Jonesboro Sun)

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    Appeals court rejects Biden's bid to withhold recordings and transcripts of pre-presidency interviews with ghostwriter.

  3. Daily Journal

    Appeals court rejects Biden’s bid to block release of recordings of ghostwriter interviews (opens Daily Journal)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has rejected a request by Joe Biden to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of his interviews with a memoir ghostwriter before he was elected president. A divided three-judge panel from the U.S.

  4. Breitbart News

    Appeals Court Rejects Biden Effort to Shield Ghostwriter Interview Tapes (opens Breitbart News)

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    Efforts by Joe Biden to block release of audio recordings and transcripts of interviews he gave to a memoir ghostwriter in 2017 ahead of his election to president were denied late Monday by a federal appeals court.

  5. News Nation Now

    Appeals court rejects Biden's bid to block ghostwriter interview recordings (opens News Nation Now)

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    News Nation Now's feed description

    The panel's 2-1 ruling late Monday found there is a “substantial” public interest in disclosing the material.

  6. Washington Examiner

    Appeals court denies Biden bid to block memoir tapes’ release in classified information dispute (opens Washington Examiner)

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    An appeals court on Monday denied former President Joe Biden’s bid to block the release of dozens of hours of audio recordings he made while working on his memoir. The tapes are being held by the Justice Department and have been the subject of a lengthy legal battle over concerns that Biden disclose…

  7. ABC News

    Appeals court rejects Biden bid to block release of ghostwriter interview recordings (opens ABC News)

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    A federal appeals court has rejected a request by Joe Biden to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of his interviews with a memoir ghostwriter before he was elected president

  8. New York Post

    Appeals court rejects Biden bid to block release of ghostwriter recordings used in special counsel probe (opens New York Post)

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    Former President Joe Biden lost his bid Monday to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of interviews with his longtime ghostwriter that were used in special counsel Robert Hur's investigation into Biden's unlawful hoarding of classified information.

  9. KYMA Yuma

    Former President Joe Biden ghostwriter interviews can be released to congress (opens KYMA Yuma)

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    KYMA Yuma's feed description

    A federal appeals court has rejected a request by former President Joe Biden to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of his interviews with a memoir ghostwriter before he was elected president.

  10. KYMA Yuma

    Former President Biden’s ghostwriter interviews can be released to Congress (opens KYMA Yuma)

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    KYMA Yuma's feed description

    A federal appeals court has rejected a request by former President Joe Biden to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of his interviews with a memoir ghostwriter before he was elected president.

  11. Anchorage Daily News

    Appeals court rejects Biden’s bid to block the release of ghostwriter interview recordings (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Anchorage Daily News's feed description

    The panel’s 2-1 ruling found there is a “substantial” public interest in disclosing the material that Biden wants to keep under wraps.

  12. The Federalist

    Appeals Court Shoots Down Biden’s Bid To Hide Recordings Of Memoir Interviews (opens The Federalist)

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    "We accordingly conclude that Biden has not shown a likelihood that the requested materials must be withheld from disclosure," the majority wrote.

  13. PBS NewsHour

    Appeals court rejects Biden's bid to block release of audio from memoir ghostwriter interviews (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    Joe Biden disagrees with an appeals court's rejection of his effort to block the release of audio recordings of his interviews with a memoir ghostwriter.

  14. UPI

    Appeals court rules against Biden on ghostwriter transcripts, tapes (opens UPI)

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    A federal appeals court ruled against former President Biden on stopping the release of recordings and transcripts of interviews with his ghostwriter.

  15. Local News 8

    Court deals blow to Biden’s bid to block release of recordings (opens Local News 8)

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    By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, has decided that public interest in recordings of Joe Biden speaking about his life in politics in 2016 and 2017 outweighs any legal claims he has made for privacy.

  16. American Greatness

    Appeals Court Rejects Biden Effort to Hide Ghostwriter Recordings (opens American Greatness)

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    Former President Joe Biden lost a bid late Monday to keep secret hours of candid recordings he made with a ghostwriter years before he became […] Source

  17. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Request to seal Biden interviews rejected (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court has rejected a request by Joe Biden to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of his interviews with a memoir ghostwriter before he was elected president.

  18. WKBN Youngstown

    Biden drops lawsuit seeking to block release of recordings of his interviews with a ghostwriter (opens WKBN Youngstown)

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    Joe Biden on Friday dropped a lawsuit in which he sought block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of his interviews with a memoir ghostwriter before the Delaware Democrat was elected president, paving the way for the material to be released to a Republican-led congressional committee.

  19. The Hill

    Biden backs off lawsuit over ghostwriter interview audio (opens The Hill)

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    Former President Biden on Friday dropped his lawsuit to block the public release of recordings from his interviews he gave to a memoir ghostwriter several years ago. Biden’s lawyers filed a notice of voluntary dismissal in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.

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