UPDATE: Judge Friedrich has now delayed her own order pending appeal, giving the DC Circuit three weeks to consider whether the permit DOJ to share the redacted Biden-Zwonitzer tapes with the Heritage Foundation.
BREAKING: A judge has cleared the way for DOJ to give a redacted version of Joe Biden's conversations with his ghostwriter to the Heritage Foundation.
She says the redactions to private info are substantial and the rest if of high public interest. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
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Judge Friedrich reviewed the materials herself and said the redactions were significant and undercut Biden's claims of a breach of privacy. Though he has some sensitive discussions about public figures, she notes they track similar comments in his memoir. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
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