Biden Ghostwriter Tapes Raise Questions Over Classified Notes

Newly released, heavily redacted audio transcripts from 2016–2017 show Joe Biden discussing notes and allegedly containing classified material during ghostwriter sessions for his 2017 memoir. The Oversight Project frames the tapes as evidence of mishandling sensitive information and cites concerns about cognitive decline, while Biden’s team says the conversations were private for a book and were provided to the DOJ to keep them confidential. The release follows debates over Biden’s handling of classified records and mirrors partisan discussions sparked by the Trump Mar-a-Lago case; the Oversight Project and Heritage Foundation have pursued the tapes, which Biden has fought but recently dropped his legal challenge to release.