What began as a quiet probe into Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified documents has now ballooned into a defining political moment — a bombshell with the potential to derail the last vestiges of Biden’s legacy. At the center of the storm is a damning report by Special Counsel Robert Hur, who described the president not just as forgetful, but as a “sympathetic, well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory.”
Now, Donald Trump is preparing to ignite the next chapter: the potential release of the audio tapes from that very interview. And the Biden White House is bracing for impact.
Scoop: The Trump admin is making plans to release the audio of Biden’s interview with Robert Hur, the special counsel who investigated Biden’s handling of classified documents and raised questions about his mental acuity, per two Republicans briefed by top Trump officials. w/…
— Adam Wren (@adamwren) May 8, 2025
Two deadlines are bearing down. The first is May 20, when the Department of Justice must respond to multiple FOIA lawsuits — including filings from Judicial Watch, the Heritage Foundation, and major news outlets — demanding to know whether Biden will assert executive privilege to block the tapes from being released.
The second? Political reality. Following a CNN debate where Biden was visibly overmatched, Trump’s team sees an opportunity. With the audio tapes reportedly capturing Biden admitting to having classified documents to “prove he was right” on Afghanistan policy — and struggling with basic memory recall — their release could finally obliterate the narrative that Biden is mentally fit for the presidency.
Biden just angrily denied that he shared classified material with his ghostwriter (also claiming the Special Counsel “did not say” that he did) & asserted none of the materials he improperly retained were “high classified.”
This is page 3 of the Special Counsel’s report: pic.twitter.com/CEwaWNY51X
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) February 9, 2024
Let’s not forget: Democrats screamed about Trump storing classified documents at Mar-a-Lago — a private residence under Secret Service protection — while conveniently ignoring Biden’s own unsecured documents scattered across his garage, basement, and a DC office. The media spun it, but the facts remain: Biden had no authority as a former vice president to possess those materials.
And what were the documents about? According to sources, most related to the Afghanistan War, which Biden reportedly hoarded to prove he’d opposed Obama’s 2009 troop surge. The documents weren’t just classified — they were politically convenient trophies.
Hur’s report alone was devastating. He cited Biden’s poor memory — including forgetting when his own son died — as a key reason he wasn’t prosecuted, noting that jurors would see him as a sympathetic elderly figure, not a malicious actor.
Biden pushed back publicly, asserting he “never shared classified information.” But Bob Bauer, his own attorney (and husband to Biden insider Anita Dunn), may have made things worse, claiming that’s not how he remembered the interview going. In other words, Bauer inadvertently cracked the door open — if there’s a discrepancy between the transcript and the spin, release the audio and let Americans judge for themselves.
HOLY SH!T
Biden ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer deleted Joe Biden’s audio files after learning about the special counsel probe.
Zwonitzer wrote wrote extensively about the Biden family and their work in Ukraine and might’ve accessed (classified?) records.
The Biden DOJ is not… pic.twitter.com/pA0il8VpYJ
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) February 8, 2024
The DOJ argued the tapes could “chill cooperation” in future investigations and violate Biden’s privacy. But that’s not going to hold water when the subject is the Commander-in-Chief’s fitness to lead and potential criminal exposure.
Trump’s team hasn’t officially pulled the trigger, but insiders say the plan is on the table. If he does release the tapes — or if a court forces the DOJ’s hand — it could destroy what little credibility remains around Biden’s fitness narrative. After all, it was Hur, not a MAGA loyalist, who wrote the report. And Hur held firm under questioning from Democrats in Congress.
