Appeals court rejects Biden’s bid to block release of recordings of ghostwriter interviews

A federal appeals court on Monday rejected former President Biden’s request to prevent audio recordings and transcripts from decade-old interviews he gave to his memoir ghostwriter from becoming public.

A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit suspended its decision until Aug. 3 to allow Biden enough time to seek an appeal.

In a 2-1 decision released Monday, the panel determined that there was “substantial” public interest in releasing the material that Biden sought to keep private.

“We conclude that any remaining incursion on personal privacy from disclosure of the now-redacted materials likely does not outweigh the public interest in disclosure,” Judges Sri Srinivasan and Gregory Katsas wrote in their majority opinion.

Srinivasan was appointed by former President Obama........

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