BREAKING: Biden tapes reveal he knew he was sharing classified info with ghostwriter
“Some of this may be classified so be careful with it.”
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“Some of this may be classified so be careful with it.”
Nearly 3 hours of recorded audio featuring former President Joe Biden speaking with his ghostwriter, Mark Zwonitzer, during the drafting phase of Biden’s memoir, “Promise Me, Dad,” has been released. In the interviews that took place in 2016 and 2017, Biden admitted to knowing he was sharing classified information with Zwonitzer.
In one interview that took place on November 3, 2016, while Biden was still Vice President, he was heard saying, “and then, uh, the next thing I have here is, um, this is classified.”
In another interview that took place on April 24, 2017, he said, “Some of this may be classified so be careful with it.”
The House Judiciary GOP, which said it obtained the recordings “thanks to the transparency of President Trump and Todd Blanche at DOJ,” wrote, “Special Counsel Robert Hur obtained these tapes in his investigation of whether Joe Biden mishandled classified information, and released a report stating that Biden read classified notes to the ghostwriter nearly verbatim on at least three occasions. These tapes, including Biden’s poor memory, were a key reason that Special Counsel Hur declined to prosecute Joe Biden.”
The interviews also showed moments of Biden appearing confused or losing his train of thought. In one 2017 interview, he was heard saying, “I was going to ask you something else. Uh. Um. Oh gosh. I can't think what it is.” In another interview days later, Biden was heard trying to recall a past meeting, saying, “It’s confusing me.” His assistant needed to get him back on track.
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