{"id":4212,"date":"2026-07-25T18:07:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T18:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=4212"},"modified":"2026-07-25T18:07:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T18:07:48","slug":"biden-loses-bid-to-block-highly-personal-conversations-with-ghostwriter-in-2016-and-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=4212","title":{"rendered":"Biden loses bid to block highly \u2018personal\u2019 conversations with ghostwriter in 2016 and 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Biden\u2019s attorneys filed the\u00a0\u00a0less than a week after a divided panel of appeals court judges\u00a0\u00a0to block the material\u2019s release. Biden could have petitioned the Supreme Court to intervene or asked for a rehearing by the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=4210\">NYC stabbing suspect charged with hate crimes over 2 attacks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a 2-1 ruling on Monday, a three-judge panel from the circuit court found a \u201csubstantial\u201d public interest in disclosing the material that Biden wants to keep under wraps. The panel had suspended its decision until Aug. 3 to allow more time for Biden to consider his appellate options.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Circuit Judge Florence Pan wrote a dissenting opinion in which she said Biden has shown a \u201csubstantial privacy interest\u201d in keeping the material hidden. The appeal also was heard by D.C. Circuit Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan and Judge Gregory Katsas.<\/p>\n<p>Pan was nominated to the court by Biden, a Democrat. Srinivasan was nominated by President Barack Obama, also a Democrat. Katsas was nominated by President Donald Trump, a Republican.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Zwonitzer, who\u00a0worked with Biden on two memoirs, 2007\u2019s \u201cPromises to Keep\u201d and 2017\u2019s \u201cPromise Me, Dad,\u201d interviewed him at his home in 2016 and 2017. Biden\u2019s lawyers say the conversations were candid, personal and intended to remain private.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=4208\">DeepSeek said to tell backers of funding pause after viral posts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The recordings were obtained by\u00a0special counsel Robert Hur, who investigated Biden\u2019s\u00a0handling of classified documents\u00a0from his time as a senator from Delaware and as Obama\u2019s vice president. 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