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Biden Sues DOJ to Block Release of Memoir Audio

Biden Sues DOJ to Block Release of Memoir Audio

Biden Sues DOJ to Block Release of Memoir Audio
Above: Former U.S. President Joe Biden on Oct. 26, 2025. Image credit: Scott Eisen/Getty Images

The Spin


The DOJ investigation into Biden was a politically motivated distraction designed to deflect from Trump's classified documents scandal. Biden's lawsuit is aright legitimateto defensesue ofbecause privacy rights — every American, including former vice presidents, deserves protection from having private home conversations weaponized by partisan committees. Handing over these recordings to the Heritage Foundation and a Republican-controlled House committee isn't transparency; it's a political hit job dressed up as oversight.

BidenSuing to keep this audio hidden doesn'st rebuild trust, it destroys what little remains in Biden and makes one wonder what he has to hide. His own party forced him off the 2024 ticket after years of insisting he was mentally sharp,. andThis now he's suing to bury the audio that could reveal the full truth. The recordings were central to a federal classified documents investigation, and the public has every right to understand how the decision not to prosecute him was reached. Fighting to keep that audio hidden doesn't rebuild trust — it destroys what little remains.


Metaculus Prediction

There's a 4% chance that Biden's autopen orders will be declared "null and void" before the 2026 midterms, according to the Metaculus prediction community.


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