{"id":276615,"date":"2026-06-19T19:22:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T23:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/us-judge-rejects-joe-bidens-lawsuit-asking-to-withhold-memoir-recordings-joe-biden-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T01:10:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T05:10:15","slug":"us-judge-rejects-joe-bidens-lawsuit-asking-to-withhold-memoir-recordings-joe-biden-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/us-judge-rejects-joe-bidens-lawsuit-asking-to-withhold-memoir-recordings-joe-biden-news\/","title":{"rendered":"US judge rejects Joe Biden\u2019s lawsuit asking to withhold memoir recordings | Joe Biden News"},"content":{"rendered":"

US judge rejects Joe Biden\u2019s lawsuit asking to withhold memoir recordings | Joe Biden News<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/19\/us-judge-rejects-joe-bidens-lawsuit-asking-to-withhold-memoir-recordings<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-19 19:22:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.aljazeera.com<\/a><\/p>\n

A United States judge has denied a petition from former Democratic President Joe Biden arguing his right to privacy would be violated should recordings he made for a memoir be made public.<\/p>\n

On Friday, US District Judge Dabney Friedrich, an appointee of President Donald Trump, ruled that the recordings could be released to the Heritage Foundation, a right-wing think tank.<\/p>\n

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The Trump administration had already authorised the release of the recordings and transcripts, which Biden made while out of public office with his ghostwriter, Mark Zwonitzer.<\/p>\n

Together, they released the 2017 memoir, Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose.<\/p>\n

In her 26-page ruling, Friedrich acknowledged that Biden was likely to suffer some reputational damage as a result of the recordings being released.<\/p>\n

Biden has long been scrutinised about whether his advanced age impeded his ability to serve as president during his term from 2021 to 2025. Previously, he served as vice president from 2009 to 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Court agrees that \u2014 on these facts involving the frank words of a public figure in his home \u2014 disclosure of the Zwonitzer materials risks irreparable harm to Biden\u2019s privacy interests and his reputation,\u201d Friedrich wrote.<\/p>\n

But she concluded that such harms may not be irreparable, and they do not supersede the public interest in releasing the files.<\/p>\n

\u201cBiden has not identified any public harm that would arise absent an injunction in this case,\u201d Friedrich said. \u201cThe harm to Biden\u2019s diminished privacy interest is outweighed by the public\u2019s interest in the Zwonitzer materials.\u201d<\/p>\n

Biden filed a lawsuit arguing that the Department of Justice had a duty to protect the private information it collects during criminal investigations.<\/p>\n

He petitioned the court for an injunction to prevent the Heritage Foundation, which has supported Trump, from receiving the documents through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.<\/p>\n

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