Court pauses Biden records release

A federal judge first cleared DOJ to give Heritage Foundation redacted Biden biographer transcripts and recordings, then issued a three-week injunction so an appeals court can consider Biden's challenge.

1. Frame 1Federal Judge Dabney Friedrich pauses DOJ's release of Biden's redacted biographer recordings for three weeks while an appeals court weighs action.
2. Frame 2Earlier Friday, she ruled DOJ could give Heritage Foundation redacted transcript and recordings from Biden's talks with Mark Zwonitzer.
3. Frame 3The records come from a FOIA lawsuit seeking material from Robert Hur's classified-documents investigation, which ended without charges.
4. Frame 4Friedrich said extensive DOJ redactions reduced Biden's privacy harm and left public interest in the material stronger.
5. Frame 5The government had agreed to wait until 5 p.m. Friday before release, creating a same-day deadline.
6. Frame 6The injunction gives Biden three weeks to ask the federal appeals court to keep the material from Heritage.