拜登周五撤回了阻止公开其与自传代笔人采访录音和记录的诉讼。[1]这一决定出现在上诉法院三人小组以2:1多数裁定拜登败诉后不到一周。[1]该法院认为公开这些材料具有"实质性"公共利益。[1]
这些录音由特别检察官罗伯特·胡尔在调查拜登处理机密文件时获得。[1]代笔人马克·兹沃尼策在2016年和2017年对拜登进行了采访。[1]
拜登律师已放弃向最高法院申请干预或寻求复审的选项。[1]2023年6月，特区地方法院法官达布尼·弗里德里希曾裁定公共利益优于隐私权。[1]上诉法院法官弗洛伦斯·潘在不同意见中主张拜登享有"实质性隐私权"。[1]
President Biden has dropped his legal challenge to prevent the disclosure of recordings and notes from his interviews with a ghostwriter, according to filings made on Friday [1]. The decision came less than a week after a three-judge appellate panel ruled 2-1 against Biden, determining that there is "substantial" public interest in releasing the materials [1].
The recordings were obtained by Special Counsel Robert Hur during his investigation into Biden's handling of classified documents [1]. Ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer conducted the interviews with Biden in 2016 and 2017 [1].
Biden's legal team abandoned options to appeal to the Supreme Court or seek further review [1]. The original dispute began in June 2023, when a federal judge in Washington, D.C., ruled that the public interest outweighed privacy concerns regarding the materials [1]. Judge Florence Pan dissented from the appellate decision, arguing that Biden held "substantial privacy rights" in the recordings [1].