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Biden tapes, released after legal battle, include references to notes containing classified material
CBSnews ^ | 7/27/26 | Josh Boswell

Posted on 07/27/2026 2:23:03 PM PDT by CFW

Audio recordings that former President Joe Biden fought for years to keep private have now been released.

The roughly 70 hours of audio recordings, shared with CBS News, were cited in a 2024 special counsel's report, which said Biden kept volumes of notes at his home that included classified information.

Biden, now 83, is at one point in the recordings heard telling his ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer: "Some of this may be classified … So, be careful. I'm not sure ... It's not marked classified but —"

At another point in the recordings he says again: "The next thing I have here is, um, this is classified …"

The recordings were made while Biden worked with his ghostwriter on his 2017 memoir, "Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose." No classified material was ever alleged to be in the published book.

The tapes first became the topic of intense scrutiny and controversy when they were referenced by Justice Department special counsel Robert Hur in a February 2024 report on Biden's handling of classified documents. Hur began investigating after documents that were marked classified, dating back to his time as vice president, were found in his home and private office. He ultimately did not recommend charges.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; corruption; dementia; media

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They tried to keep this info under wraps. It will be interesting to see just how bad Biden was in that interview.
1 posted on 07/27/2026 2:23:03 PM PDT by CFW
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To: CFW

Check the garage. Next to the Corvette. No big deal.


2 posted on 07/27/2026 2:24:47 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Libloather

Doesn’t every senator/vice president/president have a classic Corvette?

Those jobs only pay so much.


3 posted on 07/27/2026 2:26:59 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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To: CFW

“The roughly 70 hours of audio recordings, shared with CBS News...”

How much will the tapes be redacted because cbs?


4 posted on 07/27/2026 2:30:54 PM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave!)
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To: wally_bert

The founding father’s were masterful geniuses at setting up our republic.

Unfortunately they never could have foreseen corrupt career politicians squeezing the republic nipple purple for 50+ years to become multimillionaires.

They assumed that those leaders would love our country just as much as they did.

I can only assume those great men now roll in their Graves on a regular basis.


5 posted on 07/27/2026 2:36:12 PM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave!)
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To: CFW

To clarify, these are the recordings he had from his ‘biographer’ interviews? Leaking classified info to people who were not cleared to hear it?

These are not the tapes from his interviews when he was our nominal president? Intermittently testifying about the Arctic Frost and other weaponization of government against Trump? In between naps or conscious thought?

Both of which he’s been hiding for years.


6 posted on 07/27/2026 2:36:29 PM PDT by KitJ (Shall not be infringed...)
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Did he rummage through the NatSec documents at his GARAGE?


7 posted on 07/27/2026 2:42:16 PM PDT by combat_boots
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It really helps China to be doing business w/ a president’s son, doesn’t it?


Apparently China got “access” to then President Biden’s “Daily Brief (PDB)” — the US government’s most highly classified intelligence summary.

This would provide China with unprecedented strategic advantages, including
<><>a clear view of American intelligence gaps,
<><>advanced knowledge of U.S. countermeasures in the Indo-Pacific,
<><>and insights into diplomatic leverage on flashpoints like Taiwan.

The benefits to Beijing would primarily fall into three categories:

Countering U.S. Intelligence: By reviewing PDBs, Chinese intelligence would learn exactly what the United States knows, what it misses, and how it gathers its information. This allows Beijing to plug operational security leaks, change encrypted communication methods, and better conceal their own military or cyber operations.

Decoding Strategic Intent: The PDB contains deep assessments of foreign leadership intentions, including those of China itself. Seeing these assessments gives Beijing a direct window into how U.S. policymakers view their actions, allowing them to adjust their diplomatic and military posture to either avoid American red lines or call America’s bluff.

Economic and Technological Superiority: With the U.S. actively using the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to restrict strategic investments, leaked intelligence on American economic and technological vulnerabilities would help Chinese state-backed companies bypass trade and technology curbs.

Historically, while the intelligence community has assessed that foreign adversaries continually attempt to intercept or target U.S. communications, the unauthorized compromise of raw intelligence and the President’s daily assessments remains one of the most critical breaches a nation-state could exploit.


8 posted on 07/27/2026 2:50:48 PM PDT by Liz (“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies the work of His hands." (Psalm 19:1))
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Obama built his foundation resulting in the billion dollar
Obama Presidential Center............as Biden struggles.

Biden’s allies are raising money for a presidential library in Delaware, imagined as a center for public service and civic life.

But Biden’s own library effort has so far attracted only a fraction of the money raised for the legacy projects of recent presidents.

His foundation expects to collect a measly $11 million by the end of 2027, compared with the hundreds of millions raised by Obama in the first years after he left office.


9 posted on 07/27/2026 2:56:00 PM PDT by Liz (“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies the work of His hands." (Psalm 19:1))
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Congressional Oversight and Investigations Financial Scrutiny: The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability has extensively investigated foreign money flows tied to Hunter Biden and James Biden.

Chinese Entities: Subpoenaed bank records showed that millions of dollars were wired from Chinese entities, such as the energy conglomerate CEFC, to Biden-associated bank accounts.

Some allegations of direct leverage or election-related collusion originated from unverified, raw data.

FBI Recall: Declassified documents reviewed by outlets like the Washington Post revealed that specific raw FBI field reports alleging Chinese manipulation or leverage were later recalled by senior officials because they failed to meet basic validation standards.

Chinese Government Stance: The Chinese government has consistently denied involvement in U.S. domestic politics, labeling external requests for political investigations into the Biden family as “political blackmail” against China itself.

Reveals wrt How Joe Biden Received Laundered China Money - United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform report.


10 posted on 07/27/2026 3:01:21 PM PDT by Liz (“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies the work of His hands." (Psalm 19:1))
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To: CFW

At this point, what difference does it make. He’s gonna die soon, anyway, and get what’s coming to him in the hereafter. He’s not going to hold a public office again, though they may oust him from his position as Grand Kleagle of the KKK that he inherited from Robert Byrd.


11 posted on 07/27/2026 3:02:52 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("America can be summed up in one word: Asmpfutehehepfpfutehe")
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To: combat_boots; Liz

Joe Biden’s ramblings were made indoors, in his office. He was reading through physical notes Biden had taken out of the White House into his home when the recording was made.

Separately, Biden also was keeping these another classified papers and documents in his garage.

(The guy can break the same law twice.


12 posted on 07/27/2026 3:29:28 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE
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To: Eleutheria5

It matters because there are so many others who need to be exposed and hopefully prosecuted


13 posted on 07/27/2026 3:31:25 PM PDT by RWGinger
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To: combat_boots
"Did he rummage through the NatSec documents at his GARAGE?"

I wonder.

Hildebeast allegedly sold National Security Secrets from a bathroom server in Colorado and had a suspicious fire in her Chappaqua home that destroyed all the servers. Along with lots of telephones that were accidentally smashed with hammers by her staff.

Like they said, "No reasonable prosecutor would take this case." Hah. Not if they want to live.

14 posted on 07/27/2026 3:43:06 PM PDT by KitJ (Shall not be infringed...)
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To: CFW

Prosecute him.

Relentlessly.

L


15 posted on 07/27/2026 3:43:41 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. LOL l)
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INB4 the left claims “The president can declassify anything he wants at any time. Him disclosing this info was his way of declassifying this info!”.


16 posted on 07/27/2026 3:54:06 PM PDT by FrankRizzo890
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Jeff Clark
@JeffClarkUS
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2h

Our team is reviewing the Biden tapes now. We will be out with various bombshells.

But I want to make this point right now. The tapes make clear that Biden disclosed massive amounts of classified information to his ghost writer Marc Zwonitzer.

Now, take a look at 18 USC 798(d).

Last, ask yourself, why didn’t Special Counsel Robert Hur seek a prosecution and then (A) the forfeiture the $8 million book advance that Joe Biden got for Promise Me, Dad; and (B) his Delaware house and any other Biden property where he kept classified information?

Jeff Clark
@JeffClarkUS
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1h
Here’s my second meta-point about the Biden tapes we got today after two years of stonewalling, first by the Biden DOJ, and then by Biden’s high-priced private lawyers trying to pretend that that DOJ was a pure as the driven snow:

I’ve listened to a fair amount of the tapes at this point and so far I have not come across anything that deals with a private family matter.

So I conclude the privacy angle was by and large a massive misdirection play.

The lion’s share of these documents we just got are about the illegal retention of classified information, which was unsurprisingly the subject of Robert Hur’s Special Counsel probe.

Massive amounts of our lawyer time was wasted arguing about a legal feint organized by Joe Biden’s lawyers.


17 posted on 07/27/2026 3:55:36 PM PDT by CFW
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To: Libloather

Link to tapes here:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ-4dWVwWsFI


18 posted on 07/27/2026 4:13:22 PM PDT by CFW
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To: Robert A Cook PE

Biden is so corrupt ......”the guy can break the same law twice.”


And then go into his “old man” act to escape l/e.


19 posted on 07/27/2026 4:36:33 PM PDT by Liz (“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies the work of His hands." (Psalm 19:1))
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To: CFW

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20 posted on 07/27/2026 4:59:28 PM PDT by redinIllinois (Pro-life, accountant, gun-totin' Grandma - multi issue vor in)
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