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Judge denies Biden's bid to block release of transcripts linked to special counsel inquiry
- A federal judge rejected President Biden's bid to block release of 2017 recordings he made with a ghostwriter, which the Trump DOJ cleared to send to a Heritage Foundation staffer.
- The recordings were obtained by special counsel Robert Hur during his probe of Biden’s handling of classified documents and spurred congressional demands that included holding AG Merrick Garland in contempt.
- The judge said sensitive family material was redacted and that the public interest outweighed Biden’s privacy objections.
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