Attorneys for former President Joe Biden are planning to try to block the release of recordings from several years ago, in which he may have divulged classified information to a ghostwriter, according to a report.
The conservative Heritage Foundation sued to obtain access to the recordings last year under the Freedom of Information Act, according to aPoliticoarticle published on Sunday.
The report noted that Biden’s team is expected to fight to keep the recordings out of the public arena.
The Department of Justice filed a jointstatus reportin district court on Friday that gave Biden a deadline of Tuesday for taking action.
“President Biden, through counsel, has advised the Department that he intends to seek to intervene to prevent any such disclosures,” the report states. “The Department does not oppose intervention. If President Biden does not seek to intervene on or before May 12, the Department will disclose the material shortly thereafter. Otherwise, the Department will disclose the material on June 15.”
The document went on to state that the DOJ intends to release “the written transcript” and audio recordings, “pursuant to a request from the Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, as well as to Plaintiffs.”
Biden spokesman TJ Ducklo claimed the case is about “politics” rather than “transparency,” adding, “The DOJ themselves have said these tapes serve no public interest.”
President of Heritage’s Oversight Project One, Mike Howell, who is also one of the plaintiffs in the case, begged to differ.
“These tapes will further prove the massive lie regarding Biden’s fitness for office and the fact Biden revealed classified information,” he told Politico.
And he included a stab at Biden’s notorioususe of an autopento sign crucial documents during his presidency:
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