President Joe Biden’s lawyers are expected to object to the Justice Department’s release of redacted written transcripts and audio recordings of Biden’s 2017 interactions with his book ghostwriter, according to a new court filing.

«President Biden, through counsel, has advised the Department that he intends to seek to intervene to prevent any such disclosures,» Assistant Attorney General Civil Division Brett Shumate wrote in a filing from a Freedom of Information Act request from the Heritage Foundation’s Mike Howell. «The Department does not oppose intervention.»

There is a Tuesday deadline for Biden’s lawyers to respond to the DOJ’s release for a response to Howell’s FOIA request, which would come shortly after Tuesday if there was no objection.

Shumate noted the release of 70 hours of redacted recordings would be delayed until June 15 if Biden objects before the deadline.

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«Defendant intends to disclose the written transcript and audio recordings at issue in this matter, with redactions, to Congress, pursuant to a request from the Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, as well as to Plaintiffs,» the filing in Howell’s FOIA lawsuit with the DOJ read.

The interactions came between Biden and his ghostwriter for the 2017 book: «Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose.» The audio and transcript were obtained by special counsel Robert Hur’s investigation into Biden’s handling of classified documents after the Obama administration ended, which included storing them in his garage and at the Penn Biden Center.

«President Biden cooperated fully with special counsel Hur, and agreed to provide audiotapes of conversations with his biographer for a book about his deceased son on the condition that they would not be made public,» Biden spokesperson TJ Ducklo told Politico in a statement Sunday. «The DOJ themselves have said these tapes serve no public interest.

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Former President Joe Biden’s spokesman TJ Ducklo told Politico of the intentions of objecting to Tuesday’s release of audio and transcripts of Biden’s 2017 conversations with a ghostwriter. (Fox News)

«What’s happening now isn’t about transparency. It’s about politics,» Ducklo continued. «If this Administration were genuinely committed to transparency, they would release Volume 2 of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on Donald Trump’s own alleged mishandling of classified documents. That report contains information Americans actually deserve to see.»

Fox News reached out to Ducklo for independent confirmation on this report and has not yet heard back.

The FOIA requester remains in pursuit of the documents.

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Special Counsel Robert Hur described President Joe Biden as «a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory,» reflecting the impression Biden left on debate viewers. (Getty Images)

«These tapes will further prove the massive lie regarding Biden’s fitness for office and the fact Biden revealed classified information,» Howell, president of Heritage’s Oversight Project, told Politico. «The shenanigans aren’t over: At the last possible second, and after every delay tactic possible, the autopen is objecting to the American People receiving transparency. «

Hur concluded his investigation into Biden’s handling of classified documents, noting longstanding DOJ policy of not indicting a sitting president and saying a jury would be sympathetic to the oldest sitting American president, 82, because he was a «well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.»

«It appears that after lengthy negotiation covering several months — at no point seeking to intervene into this case on a timely basis — President Biden has changed position and now seeks to even enjoin release of the portions of transcripts that match exact phrases quoted in the Hur Report,» Shumate’s filing Friday read.

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«The potential intervention by former President Biden and the new development of a discretionary release to the House Judiciary Committee in response to their March 23, 2026 letter, raises a number of issues»:

«As Plaintiffs understand the matter, President Biden would need an order barring release in this case and an order enjoining the Department from producing to the House Judiciary Committee all by June 15, 2026.»

The DOJ also accuses Biden’s lawyers of slow-walking responses and rejecting deadlines.

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«President Biden’s lead counsel was unable to provide any information about President Biden’s submissions arguing that such discussion was somehow premature (whereas, in reality it is 16 months late) and incredibly indicating that despite the June 15, 2026 production date, the motion to intervene would not be filed until mid-next week and that President Biden would seek up to three days after a ruling granting a motion to intervene to submit a proposed schedule for substantive relief,» the filing read.

«That is no way to conduct litigation and smacks of kicking the can down the road to justify delaying the June 15, 2026 production by some form of administrative injunction.»

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The DOJ issued a new warning of Tuesday’s deadline, regardless.

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«The public deserves to hear the tapes and read the transcripts as redacted by President Donald J. Trump’s Department of Justice,» Shumate’s filing concluded. «Plaintiffs regret that they are currently unable to assist the Court in this process due to the repeated failure of counsel for President Biden to engage with Plaintiffs on this matter, putting off even initial substantive conversations until next week.»

El primer ministro de Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, aseguró este domingo que la guerra contra Irán todavía no puede considerarse terminada porque el régimen de Teherán mantiene reservas de uranio enriquecido y capacidad para continuar desarrollando infraestructura nuclear y armamento estratégico.

En declaraciones a CBS News, el líder israelí sostuvo que ese material “tiene que ser retirado” del territorio iraní y advirtió que aún quedan “muchas tareas pendientes” para neutralizar las capacidades militares de Teherán.

Durante una entrevista para el programa “60 Minutes”, Netanyahu afirmó que los recientes ataques estadounidenses e israelíes golpearon con fuerza el programa nuclear iraní, pero aclaró que los objetivos estratégicos aún no fueron completados.

“No terminó, porque todavía hay material nuclear, uranio enriquecido, que debe ser sacado de Irán”, declaró el líder israelí. También señaló que permanecen operativas instalaciones vinculadas al enriquecimiento de uranio y que esas estructuras “deben ser desmanteladas”.

Consultado sobre cómo podría concretarse la retirada del material nuclear, Netanyahu respondió: “Uno entra y lo saca”.

Aunque evitó brindar detalles operativos, dejó abierta la posibilidad de una acción directa para asegurar el control del uranio almacenado por el régimen iraní.

El primer ministro indicó además que el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, mantiene una visión similar sobre el futuro del programa nuclear de los ayatollahs.

“Lo que el presidente Trump me dijo es: ‘Quiero entrar ahí’”, afirmó Netanyahu durante la entrevista.

El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, insistió en que Irán sufrió una derrota militar y sostuvo que el programa nuclear quedó bajo control tras las operaciones desarrolladas en las últimas semanas.

En otra entrevista televisiva difundida este domingo, Trump aseguró que Estados Unidos puede acceder al uranio iraní “cuando quiera”.

“Lo tendremos vigilado”, afirmó. “Si alguien se acerca al lugar, lo sabremos y los haremos volar”.

Netanyahu, por su parte, insistió en que un eventual acuerdo diplomático sería el escenario más conveniente para retirar el material nuclear iraní.

“Creo que puede hacerse físicamente. Ese no es el problema”, explicó. “Si existe un acuerdo y uno entra para sacarlo, ¿por qué no? Esa es la mejor manera”.

Aun así, evitó responder si Israel contempla operaciones militares para tomar el control del uranio en caso de que fracasen las negociaciones con Teherán.

“No voy a hablar sobre nuestras posibilidades militares, planes ni nada de ese tipo”, sostuvo. “No voy a dar un calendario, pero sí voy a decir que es una misión tremendamente importante”.

Además del programa nuclear, Netanyahu mencionó otros objetivos estratégicos que Israel considera pendientes dentro del conflicto con Irán. Según explicó, Teherán todavía conserva capacidad para sostener y financiar organizaciones armadas aliadas en Medio Oriente, además de continuar produciendo misiles balísticos.

“Aún existen grupos respaldados por Irán y todavía quieren producir misiles balísticos”, afirmó. “Hemos degradado gran parte de esa capacidad, pero todo eso sigue allí y todavía queda trabajo por hacer”.

Netanyahu señaló que la vigilancia internacional sobre los sitios nucleares de Irán no reemplaza la necesidad de eliminar físicamente el material.

“Podemos tenerlo monitoreado, pero lo fundamental es sacarlo de allí”, insistió.

Las declaraciones se producen en medio de una tregua extremadamente frágil entre Irán y Estados Unidos, luego de semanas de ataques cruzados que incluyeron bombardeos contra instalaciones militares iraníes, ofensivas con drones y misiles en el Golfo Pérsico y enfrentamientos indirectos a través de grupos aliados de Teherán en distintos países de la región.

El gobierno israelí considera que el enriquecimiento de uranio sigue siendo el principal punto crítico del conflicto y sostiene que cualquier acuerdo futuro debe garantizar la eliminación efectiva de las reservas iraníes cercanas al nivel necesario para desarrollar armamento nuclear.

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The statute of limitations on Dr. Anthony Fauci’s criminal referral for lying to Congress about gain-of-function research expires Monday, but Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is vowing to keep up the pressure on «the COVID coverup» with a Senate hearing this week.

«David Morens, Dr. Fauci’s top advisor, was indicted, but Fauci himself still walks free,» Paul, who has long pressed Fauci in heated exchanges in congressional hearings, wrote this week on X, continuing his urging of the Justice Department to pick up charges from his criminal referral despite former President Joe Biden issuing a sweeping preemptive pardon of Fauci on his last night in office Jan. 19, 2025.

«The DOJ has 5 days to indict Fauci before the statute of limitations runs out. The clock is ticking. Justice cannot wait.»

The Biden pardon and Fauci’s statute of limitations expiration Monday shields the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and chief medical advisor to Biden, but Morens was indicted late last month for having «deliberately concealed information and falsified records in an effort to suppress alternative theories regarding the origins of COVID-19.»

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«For years, I warned that Fauci and his inner circle buried the truth about Wuhan,» Paul wrote Wednesday on X. «Now his closest adviser has been indicted.

«Fauci lied to Congress under oath. The statute of limitations expires in 5 days. Will the DOJ finally indict Fauci?»

The Trump Justice Department under former Attorney General Pam Bondi or acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has made no public statements about bringing charges.

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«While we can all have our beefs with Congress, this isn’t in our hands any longer,» Paul wrote Thursday on X. «I DID the work, investigated, and sent multiple CRIMINAL referrals to the DOJ.

«Whether he is indicted or not now is not up to Congress. It is up to the DoJ, and no one else.»

«He lied to Congress about NIH funding dangerous gain-of-function research in Wuhan and engaged in the worst cover-up in modern medical history,» Paul added in another X post. «The American people want Fauci behind bars.»

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Dr. Anthony Fauci gives an opening statement during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on the federal response to COVID-19 and new variants on Jan. 11, 2022, at Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Sen. Rand Paul also speaks during the hearing titled «Addressing New Variants: A Federal Perspective on the COVID-19 Response.» (Greg Nash/AFP/Getty Images)

President Donald Trump has publicly rejected the Biden autopen pardons as having no force or «legal effect,» but there is no precedent for a new president nullifying a past president’s pardons, because they would potentially render presidential pardon authority ultimately powerless against a new administration’s agenda.

«Anyone receiving ‘Pardons,’ ‘Commutations,’ or any other Legal Document so signed, please be advised that said Document has been fully and completely terminated, and is of no Legal effect,» Trump wrote in December on Truth Social.

Just two days after the Fauci clock runs out, Paul is chairing a Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs committee hearing with a «COVID coverup» whistleblower Wednesday.

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«Next week I’m holding a hearing with a whistleblower who will testify publicly about the COVID coverup,» Paul teased in an X post. «Mark your calendars: Wednesday, May 13 at 10 a.m.

«The truth is coming.»

Paul renewed a criminal referral to the DOJ last July to investigate whether Fauci’s May 2021 statements violated federal false-statements law. In the referral, Paul pointed to Fauci’s testimony that «the NIH has not ever and does not now fund gain-of-function research in the Wuhan Institute of Virology.»

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Paul’s referral also noted Fauci later said he had «never lied before the Congress» and did «not retract that statement» after Paul warned him about the criminal implications of lying to Congress.

The referral cites a February 2020 email released by the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, in which Fauci wrote that «scientists in Wuhan University are known to have been working on gain-of-function experiments» involving bat viruses and human infection.

Paul argued that the email contradicted Fauci’s sworn testimony.

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Paul also cited research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) that he said was funded under a NIAID award and involved combining spike genes from bat SARS-related coronaviruses with another coronavirus backbone to create chimeric viruses capable of infecting human cells.

«This research, conducted at the WIV and funded under NIAID Award R01AI110964, fits the definition of gain-of-function research,» the referral stated.

The criminal referral further cites a 2023 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that found the WIV and Wuhan University received NIH funding. According to Paul’s referral, the GAO said NIH funded a project that included «genetic experiments to combine naturally occurring bat coronaviruses with SARS and MERS viruses, resulting in hybridized coronavirus strains.»

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Anyone who makes a materially false statement in a congressional investigation or review can face fines and up to five years in prison.

Paul’s July referral also challenged the legal effect of a preemptive pardon Fauci received from Biden’s autopen.

«New information has revealed that these pardons were executed via autopen, with no documented confirmation that the President personally reviewed or approved each individual grant of clemency,» Paul wrote. «According to reports, White House staff authorized the use of the autopen to issue the clemency documents.

«This raises serious constitutional and legal concerns about the legitimacy of Dr. Fauci’s pardon.»

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Fauci has repeatedly denied lying to Congress, including forcefully to Paul himself in multiple congressional hearings.

«Dr. Fauci, knowing that it is a crime to lie to Congress, do you wish to retract your statement of May 11 [2021], where you claimed at the NIH never funded gain-of-function research and move on?» Paul asked in a July 2021 Senate hearing.

«Sen. Paul, I have never lied before the Congress, and I do not retract that statement,» Fauci shot back.

«Let me finish!» Fauci added, when Paul tried to interject. «Sen. Paul, you do not know what you’re talking about, quite frankly. And I want to say that officially, you do not know what you’re talking about.»

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The nature of the alleged lie revolves around the definition and denials of gain-of-function research surrounding COVID-19.

«You’re dancing around this because you’re trying to obscure responsibility for four million people dying around them from a pandemic,» Paul said in the famed exchange, adding, «you are obviously obfuscating the truth.»

Fauci replied, «I’m not obfuscating the truth – you are.»

«You are implying that what we did was responsible for the deaths of individuals,» he added. «I totally resent that.»

Paul shot back, «It could have been.»

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«If there is any lying here, senator, it is you,» Fauci said, shaking his finger at Paul.

Sitting members of Congress are provided immunity under the speech and debate clause of the Constitution, while most of those investigated by Congress and subject to testifying under oath, which Fauci did.