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传统基金会已通过《信息自由法》申请获取相关录音超过两年
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发布于 2026年6月20日 美国东部夏令时下午1:47
新音频曝光拜登难以回忆人生关键时刻
最新公布的拜登总统与特别检察官罗伯特·赫尔的访谈音频显示，他难以回忆起人生中的关键日期，暴露出严重的记忆缺失问题。
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前总统拜登又赢得了三周时间，以阻止公布与特别检察官罗伯特·赫尔的机密文件调查相关的录音和文字记录。此前一名联邦法官批准了临时禁令，此时联邦上诉法院正在审理拜登提出的上诉申请。
这些录音来自拜登与马克·兹沃尼策的访谈，后者是拜登2017年回忆录《答应我，爸爸》的 ghostwriter（代笔作者）。美国地区法官达布尼·弗里德里希——一名特朗普任命的法官——周五发布了待上诉期间的禁令，在哥伦比亚特区巡回法院审理此案期间，禁止司法部公布相关材料。就在几小时前，弗里德里希刚刚驳回了拜登要求彻底阻止公布材料的初步禁令申请。
这场法律诉讼可能决定美国民众是否有机会听到这些录音，而这些录音正是赫尔决定不对拜登处理机密文件的行为提起公诉的关键依据。这段音频一直是外界密切关注的焦点，因为赫尔在解释为何不对拜登不当处理机密文件提起指控时，曾对拜登的记忆力提出质疑。
尽管司法部此前已公布了拜登与赫尔的访谈音频，但当前法律纠纷的核心录音是拜登与兹沃尼策之间的单独对话。
赫尔2024年的报告多次提及拜登与兹沃尼策的录音对话。这位特别检察官将部分对话描述为“极其缓慢”，并表示拜登有时难以回忆起事件、传递信息，这番言论在大选年引发了外界对这位时任总统认知能力的审视。
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传统基金会及其监督项目主任迈克·豪厄尔已通过《信息自由法》申请获取这些录音和文字记录超过两年时间。
传统基金会官员辩称，公众有充分理由查阅赫尔报告中提及的相关材料，尤其是因为特别检察官正是依靠这些录音来解释其决定不对拜登提起刑事指控的原因。
拜登一直在竭力阻止这些可能令其难堪的录音被公开。
CNN主播暗示罗伯特·赫尔“低估”了拜登在特别检察官访谈中记忆缺失的程度
弗里德里希周五驳回拜登的初步禁令动议后，拜登的法律团队立即寻求紧急救济，在上诉期间维持现状。
在一份紧急申请文件中，拜登的律师辩称，一旦披露这些材料，将在上诉法官能够审理相关法律问题之前，实质上终结整个案件。他们坚称，一旦录音被公布，任何隐私保护都将永久丧失，上诉也将基本失去意义。
该文件还强调，这场《信息自由法》诉讼已经持续了两年多，并辩称没有迫切的公共利益需要立即公布拜登与代笔作者大约十年前的对话。拜登的律师指出，这位前总统如今已是普通公民，既未担任公职，也未谋求公职。
与反特朗普阴谋论有关联的奥巴马任命法官遭不当行为投诉
司法部最初以多项《信息自由法》豁免条款为由扣留了这些录音和大部分文字记录材料。但今年早些时候，司法部改变立场，决定在进行编辑后公布这些记录，理由是公众有充分知情权了解赫尔调查期间所依据的证据。
在司法部宣布计划公布这些录音后，拜登于5月提起诉讼，阻止披露，声称这些录音包含私人对话，应受保护不被公开，若被公布将违反《隐私法案》。
拜登的法律团队辩称，司法部的决定违反了《隐私法案》，且根据《行政程序法》属于任意的行政行为。
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主导拜登法律团队的是艾米·杰夫雷斯，她是华盛顿赫克·芬克律师事务所的合伙人，曾任司法部国家安全官员。杰夫雷斯是推动拜登挑战材料公布的主要律师，并签署了最近这份紧急申请文件，要求在上诉审理期间阻止披露。
杰夫雷斯也因一件事受到关注：她的丈夫是美国地区法官克里斯托弗·库珀，一名奥巴马任命的法官，最近在一起涉及肯尼迪中心的备受关注的纠纷中做出了不利于特朗普政府的裁决。库珀的裁决遭到了一些特朗普盟友和保守派评论员的批评，他们指出这位法官与拜登律师的家庭关系，暗示库珀的工作可能存在利益冲突。
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Biden scores temporary court victory as Trump appointed judge delays release of Hur investigation materials
2026-06-20T13:47:20-04:00 / Fox News
The Heritage Foundation has spent more than two years seeking the recordings through FOIA requests
By Elaine Mallon Fox News
Published June 20, 2026 1:47pm EDT
New audio reveals Biden struggled to recall key moments in his life
Newly released audio from President Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur reveals him struggling to recall key dates in his life—highlighting significant memory lapses.
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Former President Joe Biden has won another three weeks to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts tied to Special Counsel Robert Hur’s classified documents investigation, after a federal judge granted a temporary injunction while a federal appeals court reviews his challenge.
The recordings stem from Biden’s interviews with Mark Zwonitzer, the ghostwriter of his 2017 memoir, “Promise Me, Dad.” U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich, a Trump-appointee, on Friday issued an injunction pending appeal that prevents the Justice Department from releasing the materials while the D.C. Circuit considers the case. The order came just hours after Friedrich denied Biden’s request for a preliminary injunction that would have stopped the release altogether.
The legal battle could determine whether Americans ever hear the recordings that helped shape Hur’s decision not to prosecute Biden over his handling of classified documents. The audio has been the subject of intense scrutiny because Hur raised questions about Biden’s memory in explaining why he declined to bring charges against Biden for mishandling classified documents.
Although the Justice Department previously released audio from Biden’s interviews with Hur, the recordings at the center of the current legal battle involve separate conversations between Biden and Zwonitzer.
Hur’s 2024 report repeatedly referenced Biden’s recorded conversations with Zwonitzer. The special counsel described some exchanges as “painfully slow” and said Biden at times struggled to recall events and relay information, observations that fueled scrutiny of the then-president’s cognitive abilities amid an election year.
Former President Joe Biden speaks to a crowd during a fundraising event with the South Carolina Democratic Party at the Columbia Museum of Art on Feb. 27, 2026 in Columbia, S.C.(Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
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The Heritage Foundation and its Oversight Project director Mike Howell have spent more than two years seeking the recordings and transcripts through FOIA requests.
Heritage Foundation officials have argued that the public has a strong interest in reviewing the materials referenced throughout Hur’s report, particularly because the special counsel relied on the recordings in explaining his decision not to pursue criminal charges
Biden has been fighting to keep the potentially embarrassing recordings under wraps.
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After Friedrich denied Biden’s motion for a preliminary injunction on Friday, Biden’s legal team immediately sought emergency relief to preserve the status quo while appealing the decision.
In an emergency filing, Biden’s attorneys argued that disclosure would effectively end the case before appellate judges could review the legal questions involved. They maintained that once the recordings are released, any privacy protections would be permanently lost and the appeal would become largely moot.
Former special counsel Robert K. Hur testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C., on March 12, 2024. Hur investigated President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents and published a report with conclusions about Biden’s memory.(Win McNamee/Getty Images)
The filing also stressed that the FOIA litigation has already been pending for more than two years and argued there was no urgent public need requiring immediate disclosure of conversations that occurred roughly a decade ago between Biden and his ghostwriter. Biden’s attorneys noted that the former president is now a private citizen who neither holds nor is seeking public office.
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The Justice Department initially withheld the recordings and much of the transcript material under several FOIA exemptions. Earlier this year, however, the department reversed course and determined the records could be released with redactions after concluding that significant public interest existed in understanding evidence relied upon by Hur during his investigation.
After the Justice Department announced plans to release the recordings, Biden filed suit in May to stop the disclosure, claiming the audiotapes contain private conversations that should remain protected from public release and if released, would be in violation of the Privacy Act.
President Joe Biden speaks during an official transition event to thank Ron Klain for his work and to welcome his successor Jeff Zients.(REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
His legal team argued that the department’s decision violates the Privacy Act and constitutes arbitrary agency action under the Administrative Procedure Act.
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Leading Biden’s legal effort is Amy Jeffress, a partner at Washington-based law firm Hecker Fink and a former Justice Department national security official. Jeffress has served as the primary attorney advancing Biden’s challenge to the release of the materials and signed the recent emergency filing seeking to prevent disclosure while the appeal proceeds.
Jeffress has also drawn attention because she is married to U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, an Obama appointee who recently ruled against the Trump administration in a high-profile dispute involving the Kennedy Center. Cooper’s ruling prompted criticism from some Trump allies and conservative commentators who pointed to the judge’s family connection to Biden’s attorney, suggesting a conflict of interest may be at play in Cooper’s work.
Elaine Mallon is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business covering national politics.
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