DOJ can’t release Biden tapes while hiding Jack Smith report, watchdog says

The Justice Department’s successful push to release former President Joe Biden’s private memoir tapes is undercutting the Trump administration’s effort to keep former special counsel Jack Smith’s classified documents report under seal, a First Amendment watchdog argued Tuesday. The Knight First Amendment Institute at C

Former President Joe Biden fought to keep audio recordings with his ghostwriter sealed, but the tapes were released after a long legal battle. CBS News political contributor and Democratic strategist Joel Payne weighs in.

Over 70 hours of recordings between Joe Biden and memoir ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer reveal halting speech and memory struggles during the 2017 sessions.