The Post Millennial has recently shed light on a controversial revelation involving President Joe Biden's ghostwriter, Mike Zwonitzer.
The ghostwriter has confessed to erasing audio recordings from his interviews with the President.
This action, at least in part, was a response to special counsel Robert Hur's probe into whether Biden mishandled classified documents post his tenure in the Obama administration.
In a conversation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) last year, Zwonitzer was reticent about the extent to which the investigation influenced his decision to delete the recordings. He did, however, acknowledge that discarding audio files post-use was a standard practice for him. This information was made public on Thursday morning by the Heritage Foundation's Oversight Project.
An FBI agent probed Zwonitzer, stating, "The outside observer is going to look at this and say, Mark Zwonitzer, President Biden's friend, ghostwriter, collaborator learned of the special counsel's investigation, saw this was happening and then deleted all these audio recordings." The agent sought clarity on whether the investigation was a factor in Zwonitzer's decision to delete the recordings.
Zwonitzer responded, "I'm not going to say how much of the percentage it was of my motivation," but conceded, "I was aware that there was an investigation." He expressed his apprehension about potential hacking attempts that could lead to the widespread dissemination of the audio files on the internet. His primary concern, however, was the sensitive and personal content related to Biden's late son, Beau. To mitigate these risks, Zwonitzer stated, "I took the audio files subfolder from both the G drive and [his] laptop, and slid them into the trash."
Zwonitzer emphasized that his deletion of the audio files was not an isolated incident related to Biden, but rather a common practice. He stated, "I generally save transcripts but I haven't over the years ever saved audios." He admitted to deleting the files after becoming aware of the investigation, and confirmed that he neither informed anyone about this action nor was he questioned about it.
Accusations have surfaced suggesting that Biden may have shared classified documents with Zwonitzer during their interviews, a move that could potentially compromise national security. In March, Hur testified that Zwonitzer "tried to destroy the evidence." This revelation raises questions about the integrity of the President's actions and the potential implications for national security.
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