Recordings of former US President Joe Biden's interviews with his memoir ghostwriter, obtained during special counsel Robert Hur's investigation into his handling of classified documents, have been made public after a lengthy legal battle. Biden's lawyers had fought for months to keep the tapes sealed but dropped their lawsuit, with a judge accepting the withdrawal, clearing the way for release.

The recordings were sought via Freedom of Information Act requests by Mike Howell, formerly of the Heritage Foundation and now with the Oversight Project, who argued for more than two years that the public had a right to see the material underpinning Hur's findings. Hur's 2024 report had controversially described Biden's memory as poor while declining to bring charges over his retention of classified documents.