Classified Notebooks, Corporate Book Deals: How Biden Monetized the State’s Secrets

Classified Notebooks, Corporate Book Deals: How Biden Monetized the State’s Secrets

$8 Million Book Deal Built on Classified Secrets: Biden’s Ghostwriter Tapes Expose the Real Grift . . .

Joe Biden sat with an uncleared ghostwriter in 2016–2017 and read from notebooks containing Situation Room notes, CIA briefings, and DoD material. He repeatedly flagged the sensitivity: “This is classified.” “Some of this may be classified, so be careful.” “I just found all the classified stuff downstairs.” He also noted the White House did not even know he retained the material.

The finished product was a commercial memoir. The reported payoff ran into the multi-million-dollar range for Biden and his family. Read more