Judge denies Biden's bid to block release of transcripts linked to special counsel inquiry

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: AP

Updated 3:09 PM EDT, June 19, 2026


A federal judge on Friday rejected former President Joe Biden’s attempt to block the Trump administration from releasing to a conservative group the recordings that Biden made with a ghostwriter.

U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich found that the public interest in the material outweighed whatever privacy rights Biden had.

The recordings were obtained by special counsel Robert Hur in the course of his investigation into whether Biden improperly retained classified documents while a senator and vice president. Republicans in Congress demanded them after Hur declined to file charges against the then-president.

Biden’s Democratic administration refused to turn over the 2017 recordings and transcripts, leading congressional Republicans to hold his attorney general, Merrick Garland, in contempt.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/biden-special-counsel-heritage-foundation-ghostwriter-transcripts-6a23a9069bc65f9631074287afd6f567

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Link to ORDER (PDF) - https://assets.bwbx.io/documents/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/rEEcRGLMEzn4/v0

[Lovie777]

1. Appeals court, next..................

[dweller]

2. Pisswig appointed judge

✌🏻

[Nictuku]

3. District Judge Dabney Friedrich - Trump Appointee (of course)

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Oh yes, let's go with the public interest

Epstein Files!!

[The Madcap]

5. Unredacted, of course.

You beat me to the punch.

[BootinUp]

6. I think this judge is hiding something, lets dig into his personal shit too. nt

[nwduke]

7. EPSTEIN FILES

All of them, unredacted, and videos too!

[OldBaldy1701E]

8. "...public interest in the material outweighed whatever privacy rights Biden had."

Oh, if that is a thing, then we, the public, want to see Orangina's tax returns and all of the unreacted Epstein files.

Oh, as well as his cabinet. We need to see those, too.

Because 'public interest in the material outweighs whatever privacy rights Trump has.'