Biden sues Justice Department to stop release of audio from interviews

The former president is urging a judge to block the release of recordings and transcripts of his private conversations with the ghostwriter of his 2017 memoir.

1. Frame 1Biden filed a Washington lawsuit asking a federal judge to block DOJ from releasing memoir-interview audio and transcripts.
2. Frame 2The recordings come from memoir conversations between Biden and ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer for his 2017 book.
3. Frame 3The materials came from the Hur classified-documents probe and later became targets in Heritage FOIA litigation.
4. Frame 4DOJ once treated the records as exempt, then reversed course during the second Trump term.
5. Frame 5The department says limited-redaction releases are planned for Congress and Heritage Foundation plaintiffs.
6. Frame 6Next legal test: whether the judge stops the planned June 15 release before the files go out.