Craziest Part Of New Biden Tapes Is That Media Who Covered For Him Still Have Jobs
Biden may be out of office, but the so-called journalists who concealed his decline remain employed.Biden may be out of office, but the so-called journalists who concealed his decline remain employed.The Biden tapes blow open the autopen scandal
Two summers ago, our team at the Oversight Project sat in a conference room asking the same question as the rest of the country: How were they running the government with a broken president?
That was before Joe Biden’s complete malfunction on the debate stage. Even then, we were confident he could not sustain a full re-election campaign. We began examining whether state election laws would permit Democrats to replace him after key ballot deadlines. Leaked Democratic National Committee memos showed that the prospect had already alarmed both pro- and anti-Biden factions.
The silence on the tapes speaks loudly. It suggests knowing and willful conduct, not an innocent paperwork mistake.
As a clip of Biden stumbling played on the television, someone asked the lawyer’s question: How were they moving paper through the White House, and could Biden even sign it?
After a brief silence, someone answered: Probably an autopen. Let’s find the documents and calendars and figure it out.
The rest became what President Trump has called the scandal of the century: congressional investigations, Justice Department and White House inquiries, evidence of the extraordinary lengths Biden’s aides took to conceal his condition, and even the rearrest of violent felons who should never have received autopenned commutations.
Accountability, however, has remained elusive.
Which is infuriating. What happened during the Biden years was wrong, harmful, and in many instances unlawful. The Constitution vests presidential authority in one person. That person must possess both the capacity and the awareness to authorize official acts. The entire system depends on fixing responsibility on the president whom the voters chose.
That did not happen. For a country that has spent decades lecturing the world about democracy, the Biden presidency became an embarrassment at home.
Monday brought a measure of accountability. After more than two years of litigation, the Biden tapes were released to the American people.
Joe Biden and his well-funded legal team fought us in federal district court and on appeal. We won both times. Biden could have asked the Supreme Court to intervene, but he finally surrendered. His lawyers had so much time and money that they devoted pages of legal filings to posts from my X feed and that of my colleague Jeff Clark, apparently hoping to discredit us before the court. I will always enjoy knowing that the Biden team paid an aspiring left-wing lawyer to study my unvarnished thoughts.
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What does the release of the tapes mean?
First, it pushes the timeline of Biden’s decline back to 2016 and 2017.
The recordings capture Biden’s interviews with ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer while the two worked on Biden’s memoir, “Promise Me, Dad.” They were made within six months of Biden leaving the vice presidency. On the tapes, Biden forgets the name of Rep. Jim Clyburn, the man who would later rescue his 2020 campaign. He repeatedly says, “I’m so confused” and, “I can’t remember.”
The good days and bad days that defined his presidency were already apparent in 2017. The recordings contain so many pauses and verbal stalls that Biden sounds like a dial-up connection trying to buffer.
That helps explain why the 2020 campaign used COVID-19 as cover to keep him in the basement. Had Biden been forced to speak publicly and off the cuff throughout that campaign, his decline might have become as obvious then as it was during the 2024 debate. Democratic leaders knew they were selling damaged goods long before the public finally saw the label.
Second, the tapes raise serious questions about special counsel Robert Hur’s investigation into Biden’s handling of classified information.
Hur declined to prosecute, concluding that a jury would view Biden as a “sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.” Yet the recordings reveal conduct more serious than Hur’s public account suggested.
At several points, Biden acknowledges that the material before him may be classified. The audio then cuts to long stretches of silence redacted for national security reasons. These are not isolated interruptions. Classified redactions cover substantial portions of the recordings.
The transcripts indicate that Biden disclosed information involving the CIA, the Defense Department, and other sensitive national security matters to a ghostwriter who lacked both a security clearance and authorization to receive it. Biden made those disclosures while pursuing a book deal worth $8 million.
The silence on the tapes speaks loudly. It suggests knowing and willful conduct, not an innocent paperwork mistake. The recordings justify a fresh examination of whether Hur’s investigation was designed to uncover the full truth or to contain a politically explosive scandal.
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Third, the tapes open the door to criminal inquiries.
Biden told the American people that he “did not share classified information” with his ghostwriter. The tapes contradict that statement. Knowing and willful disclosure of national defense information to an unauthorized person can constitute a federal crime. Unlike a witness with a failing memory, a recording does not need to testify.
The inquiry should not stop with Biden. His White House mobilized in 2024 to discredit Hur for accurately describing the president’s mental condition. Officials who knew the truth attacked the special counsel for saying it aloud. The autopen scandal was institutional, and accountability must extend to the aides who enabled, concealed, and benefited from it.
Investigators must reconstruct the timeline carefully. Biden was plainly diminished in 2016 and 2017, though he deteriorated further by 2024. What was his mental state when he removed classified documents from secure facilities? Did he understand that he was disclosing protected information when he said as much on tape? How did Hur evaluate intent at the time the alleged offenses occurred rather than at the time of his later interview?
Those questions demand answers.
The tapes always belonged to the American people. The Oversight Project merely delivered them to their rightful owners.
America can never again permit a presidential administration to operate by mechanized fiat. Only one person may exercise the powers of the presidency. That person must know what he is authorizing, accept responsibility for it, and actually possess the confidence of the voters who put him there.
Trump slams 'Crooked Politician' Biden over attempt to block release of interview
Former President Joe Biden has filed a lawsuit to try to block the release of a recorded interview that critics say may have evidence that the Democrat mishandled classified information.
The Heritage Foundation triggered the lawsuit by filing a Freedom of Information Act request to release the audio recordings and transcripts of a series of conversations between Biden and a writer in 2017.
'The man was grossly incompetent.'
Biden's attorneys argue that the release of the recordings would be purely politically motivated.
"The DOJ themselves have said these tapes serve no public interest. What’s happening now isn’t about transparency. It’s about politics," said Biden spokesperson TJ Ducklo in a statement.
"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," Ducklo added.
The documents under question include about 70 hours of audio footage and transcripts.
Biden had been interviewed by Mark Zwonitzer, who was writing a book about the death of Biden's son Beau. The footage and transcripts had been obtained by then-special counsel Robert Hur in his investigation into alleged illegal retention and dissemination of classified material.
The former president's memory lapses during interviews with Hur were later used by Republicans, who accused him of being mentally incapable of performing the duties of the Oval Office.
Biden had lashed out at the report in Feb. 2024 but ironically made an embarrassing flub during the live speech that was broadcast nationally.
On his Truth Social account, President Donald Trump issued a denunciation against Biden's lawsuit.
"A Crooked Politician!!!" Trump said with a post about the lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday.
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He went on to address the lawsuit from the White House after being asked by a reporter to comment.
"The man was grossly incompetent, and the Democrats — I call them the Dumocrats because their policy is so bad — but they came very close to destroying our country. We can never let it happen again, and I hope that you're able to produce that," said Trump to the reporter.
"It would be very interesting reading for people," he concluded.
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The real scandal isn’t Joe Biden’s decline — it’s who hid it from you
The Prime Cut Diamond Drilling company defines a controlled demolition as:
The process of systematically demolishing a structure in order to achieve a certain objective. Often used for work on buildings where high control measures of safety and order are essential, controlled demolition ensures that disturbance to the surrounding structures and area is kept to a minimum.
The company makes clear that a controlled demolition isn’t just blowing up buildings with dynamite, swinging wrecking balls, or making noise with drills and burst charges. It’s about precision. Even the Occupational Safety and Health Administration maintains a web of standards, subparts, and interpretive letters to help ensure compliance with destruction — done by the book, clean and contained.
Why would the Trump administration make such a colossal mistake to reward those who propped up Biden and failed to perform their duty to investigate the truth?
This same concept — orderly destruction — eerily mirrors what the legacy media and Democratic Party are doing to Joe Biden. Their goal: dispose of him and his political baggage as efficiently as possible. As Gwen Walz might put it, it’s time to “turn the page.” The priority isn’t honesty. It’s containment. Limit the damage to Biden and his family. Protect the political infrastructure that carried him into power.
At the center of this choreographed takedown: a conveniently timed book from CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’ Alex Thompson. For dramatic effect, the public gets a sudden, “unexpected” admission of Biden’s health problems — framing the collapse as a personal tragedy rather than an institutional failure.
None of this should surprise anyone. Fortunately, most Americans see through the staged confessional period now playing out across the media. It’s political kayfabe — an orchestrated performance where journalists and insiders finally admit what they’ve known for years: Joe Biden wasn’t running the country.
What they still refuse to confront is the real question: if not Biden, then who?
These same operatives now expect to walk away with their reputations intact. They offer carefully worded regret, maybe a little contrition, and assume that’s enough to preserve their elite status.
We cannot let them off the hook.
The American public deserves transparency and accountability for the chaos and destruction of the Biden years. The people who called the shots behind the scenes must be named. They must answer for what they did.
A shameless cash grab
For four years, Democrats insisted that “democracy was under attack.” Fine. Then tell us: Who actually held power inside the White House? Who made the decisions? Who overrode the president?
You don’t get to wave the flag of constitutional order while hiding the names of those who exercised executive authority in secret. That’s not how a functioning republic is supposed to work. Pretending otherwise insults every voter and mocks the very system these people claim to protect.
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The media should be held accountable alongside those who exercised presidential authority on Joe Biden’s behalf. Tapper and Thompson’s new book isn’t journalism — it’s a shameless attempt to cash in on a cover-up they actively helped sustain.
Throughout the Biden presidency, both CNN and Axios prioritized access to the White House over honesty with the American public. Axios will point to a handful of criticisms they published, but a full review of their coverage tells the real story: They consistently accepted and repeated the Biden administration’s preferred narrative.
They showed no interest in investigating the Biden family’s ties to the Chinese Communist Party. They downplayed Special Counsel Robert Hur’s probe into Biden’s mishandling of classified documents. And now they’re dismissing our investigation into the White House’s use of an autopen to sign documents — an effort that kept the paper trail moving while insulating the president from oversight.
But the betrayal runs deeper than journalistic malpractice. Tapper and Thompson’s work isn’t just morally compromised — it’s commercially rigged. Axios has a clear financial stake in its own reporter being the center of the story. That context matters, especially when Axios somehow obtained the audio recordings of Biden’s long-sought interview with Hur.
Those tapes didn’t fall from the sky.
The Oversight Project spent the past year in litigation, pushing the Justice Department toward a decision on releasing them by May 20. We negotiated in good faith with the government, believing the process would result in a fair release.
Then, late on Friday, May 16, Axios dropped select portions of the Hur interview — bylined by none other than Alex Thompson.
Absent from their story? Any editor’s note disclosing Thompson’s direct financial interest in the book set to release just days later.
Maximum spin job
Why would the Trump administration make such a colossal mistake to reward those who actively propped up Biden and failed to perform their duty to investigate the truth? All the talk of the “fake news being the enemy of the people” seems insincere when Jake Tapper’s business partner is given the scoop.
And it’s not just the Trump administration implicitly sanctioning Axios and CNN’s role in this long history; it’s that Axios also massively botched the rollout itself. This is a key part of a controlled demolition.
In the hours after the tapes dropped, our legal team at the Oversight Project scrambled to make sense of what had just happened. We, along with others, had operated in good faith — only to be blindsided when those negotiations suddenly veered in the opposite direction.
A closer review of Axios’ release revealed the deception. The audio had been edited using “jump cuts” that made Biden sound worse in places. We knew immediately how that would play out. Biden’s defenders would seize on the edits to discredit the broader argument. And they did. At this point, calling it coincidence stretches belief.
Every step of this process has aimed to shield Biden — and the people who kept him in place — from real accountability. That pattern continues to this day.
Back in February, we forced the Department of Justice to commit to a deadline: May 20. It agreed to make a decision on whether to release the Hur interview tapes. Shortly after, Tapper and Thompson’s book was announced. The timeline doesn’t feel random. It looks scripted. This wasn’t chaos — it was a controlled demolition.
The autopen investigation
At the Oversight Project, we don’t intend to let that plan succeed.
We won’t allow them to shut the book on the Biden years with a whisper instead of a reckoning.
We’ll provide the dynamite. We’ll swing the wrecking ball. And when the moment demands precision, we’ll bring the drill and the charges. The key to unraveling this entire deception lies in one place: the autopen investigation.
Whoever controlled the autopen controlled the White House. Biden wasn’t running the show. Everyone knows that now. The next step is identifying who was.
And we won’t need Tapper's or Thompson’s help to get there. In fact, they’ve wandered directly into our demolition zone.
How the Biden regime went from ‘scamdemic’ to sympathy tour
Just as they used COVID-19 to drag Joe Biden across the finish line in the 2020 election, the Democrat-media complex is now exploiting Biden’s prostate cancer diagnosis in a naked attempt to deflect attention from the very people who rigged the last game.
The same political operatives, government lifers, and corporate media hacks who pushed lockdowns, censored dissent, and rewrote election rules are at it again — weaponizing illness for power. Of course, everything they touch is diseased. It always has been — and not just biologically.
Everything Democrats have sold us since Super Tuesday in 2020 has been a demonic lie in a battle for the soul of our country.
The dark strongholds and principalities that have guided and defined the entirety of the Biden-era plague are simply not from the mortal world. As human beings, we are not capable of the level of plotting and scheming that defines modern-day Democrats and their media minions.
Back in early 2020, just before Super Tuesday, we watched the Democrat-media complex take the lifeless Biden campaign, dead and buried — and resurrect it in less than 48 hours, blowing the front-running commie, Bernie Sanders, completely out of the water. Suddenly, the same Biden who had zero wins before that moment — especially when compared to Sanders and Mayor Pete Buttigieg — was winning states by large margins, even though he had never even visited them or could not even name them on a map between bites of pudding.
And then, about two weeks later, the world shut down because of the “scamdemic.” The resurrected dead guy got to run for the most powerful office in the world from his basement, culminating in an election where the Democrats won by razor-thin margins in the most decisive states through unprecedented mail-in balloting.
Somehow, the rejection rate of mail-in ballots dropped in those places — despite the record volume flooding the polls. This is the first government system in all of human history that became more efficient with increased volume — and it happened in places completely run by Democrats.
Signs of decline
Remember the shock in 2016 when Donald Trump won four decisive states by fewer than 80,000 votes? That narrow victory sparked years of breathless media coverage, congressional investigations, and discredited conspiracy theories about Russian collusion.
Now contrast that with 2020.
When Joe Biden “won” six key states by a combined margin of fewer than 40,000 votes, anyone who questioned the outcome faced cancellation — or even criminal prosecution. If you raised doubts while sitting in Nancy Pelosi’s chair dressed like the Minnesota Vikings mascot, you risked years in prison.
Even before the COVID shutdown and the orchestrated 2020 campaign from the basement began, Biden’s decline was obvious. My show had front-row access to the Iowa caucuses, and I saw more of the Democratic field up close than most national reporters.
At the time, it wasn’t easy to say out loud what many could already see: Biden showed clear signs of cognitive decline. But looking back, a lot of things that seemed strange in the moment now make perfect — and very dark — sense.
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How about calling a lid at noon most days in order to go back to Delaware after becoming president? Well, if you were undergoing some form of cancer treatment or chemo, it was probably a lot simpler to keep that a secret as opposed to whatever’s going on inside the White House. Then again, they once claimed they couldn’t identify the source of a bag of cocaine found in the West Wing — at the same time Hunter Biden was visiting.
Or how about the man who gets the best health care on earth not knowing until four months ago that he had one of the most detectable forms of cancer — and he only found out when it was already in its most aggressive stage? Moreover, the news dropped ahead of the imminent release of special counsel Robert Hur’s audio recordings during his 2023 interview with Biden over his alleged mishandling of classified government documents. Is that a coincidence?
They gaslit us
The verdict is in. They gaslit the public for years about President Biden’s obvious mental decline. Now they expect us to shut up and feel sorry for him — because he has cancer.
It’s a distraction campaign, plain and simple. They’re using a sympathy diagnosis to bury the real question: Who has been running the White House while Biden signed off on policy with an autopen?
It started with craven media operatives like Jake Tapper. CNN ran headlines mocking conservatives for raising concerns about Biden’s mental acuity, just one day before the Biden-Trump debate last summer. Then 65 million Americans watched the dementia presidency unravel in real time, and suddenly CNN had no choice but to admit that he couldn’t run again.
Within 24 hours, the same network that dismissed “conspiracy theories” conceded the obvious. And just like that, the Democratic establishment and its media enablers staged a political coup. They ousted Biden without a single vote cast in a primary — by the same people who spent years lecturing America about “sacred democracy.”
Now Tapper is trying to sell a book, claiming it was a big misunderstanding and the media was duped like everyone else.
The truth is, everything that Democrats have sold us since Super Tuesday 2020 has been a demonic lie in a battle for the soul of our country — the last bastion of Christendom and Western civilization remaining on the planet.
Like the Greatest Generation facing down fascism nearly a century ago, we now face an enemy that wears a smile, holds a press pass, and calls itself your savior. But the agenda is dark, and the stakes are eternal.
How else do you explain a Biden shadow presidency that looks like something out of the rejected final season of “House of Cards”? But that was our reality, and now we must make someone pay for it.
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