Former President Joe Biden and former first lady Jill Biden participate in a sendoff ceremony at Joint Base Andrews after President Donald Trump was sworn in as 47th President of the United States in January 2025. On Monday, an appeals court ruled against Biden in a lawsuit to release the transcripts of conversations he had with his ghostwriter. File Photo by Leigh Vogel/UPI | License Photo
July 21 (UPI) -- A federal appeals court ruled against former President Joe Biden on preventing recordings and transcripts from interviews he gave to his ghostwriter from going public.
The decision released Monday came from the District of Columbia U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after a lower court told the U.S. Department of Justice that it couldn't release the redacted information.
The 2-1 decision said there was "substantial" public interest in releasing the material.
"We conclude that any remaining incursion on personal privacy from disclosure of the now-redacted materials likely does not outweigh the public interest in disclosure," Judges Sri Srinivasan and Gregory Katsas wrote in their majority opinion.
