Biden tapes released, contained classified material

Monday, July 27, 2026

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 ... "

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#1 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2026-07-27 07:34 PM | Reply

#1 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2026-07-27 07:34 PM | Reply | Flag:

You're looking for the wrong flex... I mainly posted it because we had a president who couldn't be held accountable for his mishandling of classified documents because of his failing mind - recognizable back as far as 2016.

#2 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-07-27 08:10 PM | Reply

There is a distinction between Biden's desk with "it's not marked classified" (believable) to Trump literally stealing and selling hundreds of boxes of TOP SECRET documents that must have you enraged, lfthdthrds?
#1 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2026-07-27 07:34 PM | Reply | Flag:
You're looking for the wrong flex... I mainly posted it because we had a president who couldn't be held accountable for his mishandling of classified documents because of his failing mind - recognizable back as far as 2016.
#2 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-07-27 08:10 PM

What did Trump do with his known 340 classified document theft?

What did Biden do with his, what, one?

Yeah, totally comparable.

#3 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2026-07-27 08:37 PM | Reply

"couldn't be held accountable"

He technically could have been held accountable, but the President gets an extremely wide berth for actions taken in furtherance of the Office of the President, like bringing some files home for work.

I mean seriously, what are you suggesting is an appropriate penalty here?

But hasn't the Supreme Court since legislated this from the bench? I thought a President couldn't be held accountable for this now. At least that's what Trump's lawyers argued.

#4 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-07-27 09:02 PM | Reply