Now, two other parts of the audio have been released by co-authors Thompson and Jake Tapper, including a tense moment where Biden's attorney, Bob Bauer, intervenes to help him when Biden was asked about an Afghanistan classified memo found at his house. Biden's brain sounds like it is complete mush.

"Was this something you consciously kept after your term as Vice President?" Biden was asked.

Biden says he doesn't recall, and he doesn't even seem to understand that the memo was found at his home.

You can hear him being advised, "Your answer is you don't recall," by Bauer, after Biden starts to speculate.

But then, Biden responds, "I guess I wanted to hang onto it just for posterity's sake."

That, of course, could expose him to problems. Bauer intervened, telling the prosecutor, Krickbaum:

"I just really would like to avoid, for the purpose of a clean record, getting into speculative areas.… He does not recall specifically intending to keep this memo after he left the vice presidency. I want these questions to be as clearly entered and as recorded on the transcript as possible.". //

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Throughout his interview, Biden sounded more like a nostalgic, grandfatherly storyteller than a potential defendant who could be accused of hoarding secret papers.
He waxed on about several topics including shooting a bow and arrow in Mongolia.
Here is that exchange.

7:05 PM · May 16, 2025