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Biden Discussed Classified Docs with Ghostwriter, Transcripts Released

7/28/2026

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The Oversight Project released transcripts showing President Joe Biden discussing classified material with ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer.
A February 16, 2017 tape from the 2016-2017 recordings records Biden saying he found classified documents and drafted a 40-page memo opposing troop increases.
A 2-1 D.C. Circuit panel ruled public interest justified release after Special Counsel Robert Hur’s 2024 report said Biden willfully kept and shared the information but declined to charge him, leading Biden to drop his lawsuit.

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The Oversight Project released transcripts showing President Joe Biden discussing classified material with ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer.
A February 16, 2017 tape from the 2016-2017 recordings records Biden saying he found classified documents and drafted a 40-page memo opposing troop increases.
A 2-1 D.C. Circuit panel ruled public interest justified release after Special Counsel Robert Hur’s 2024 report said Biden willfully kept and shared the information but declined to charge him, leading Biden to drop his lawsuit.