A federal appeals court rejects former President Joe Biden’s request to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts from decade-old interviews he gave to a memoir ghostwriter. Multiple outlets report the decision comes from a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which denies Biden’s effort to prevent the material from becoming public.
The appeals court also suspends its ruling to allow Biden time to decide on further legal steps. Several sources say the suspension runs until Aug. 3, giving Biden an opportunity to consider an additional appeal.
NPR and other reports characterize Biden as declining to pursue further appeals following the court’s ruling, while the New York Post frames the recordings as having been used in Special Counsel Robert Hur’s investigation concerning classified information. Across the coverage, the central points are consistent: the appeals court does not block public release of the ghostwriter interviews, and it pauses enforcement briefly while Biden weighs possible next moves.
