Joe Biden disclosed national security information to his ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer.
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The Charlie Kirk ShowJul 30, 2026
Special Counsel Hur's report, as quoted by multiple tier-1 sources, found that Biden read classified notes from national security meetings to ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer nearly verbatim on at least three occasions, so the disclosure claim is supported.
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… It ties into something else the Oversight Project did, which was to expose that Biden's presidency was really an auto-pren presidency, which is why President Trump has, as a picture of Biden in the colonnade, an actual auto-pren rather than Biden's picture. And it also revealed that he disclosed national security information to his ghostwriter, Mark Swanizer, who did not have a clearance. And then the last thing is, you know, as you alluded to, Andrew, we need to have accountability for this. There's nothing about Her's decision not to prosecute that is set in stone. It can be revisited. It should be revisited. …
The Charlie Kirk Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Hur's report states Biden read from classified notebooks to Zwonitzer nearly verbatim on at least three occasions, sometimes for an hour or more, and that the investigation uncovered evidence Biden willfully retained and disclosed classified materials.[1][2][4][5]
Supports. Reporting on Hur's report says Biden told Zwonitzer about classified material in his notebooks and that Zwonitzer was not authorized to receive classified information, matching the claim's core assertion.[6][7]
Context. Hur concluded there was not enough evidence to prosecute, and Biden denied sharing classified information, but these points do not contradict that disclosure occurred.[3][4]
Context. The post's spelling 'Swanizer' (and 'Swanitzer') refers to the same ghostwriter, Mark Zwonitzer, so the extraction's name is the post's own referent, not an addition.[1][8][9]
Sources
9 sources: 3 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 1 tier 1, 2 tier 2, 2 not rated
- 1Fact-checking Joe Biden about sharing classified materials, keeping ...politifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2Biden's Claims About Special Counsel Report on Classified ...factcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3Highlights: Robert Hur testifies on Biden special counsel ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 4Chairman Jordan Seeks Documents and Testimony from ...judiciary.house.gov · primary source · cited for: supports, context
- 5No charge for Biden over classified documents but report ...bbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports
- 6National security experts criticize Biden's handling of ...nbcnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 7Jim Jordan Subpoenas Joe Biden Ghostwriter Featured Prominently ...nationalreview.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 8Biden kept classified documents, he says in newly released interviewscentredaily.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 9Confused Biden admitted he discovered classified materials ‘downstairs’ in bumbling chat with ghostwriter: ‘So many pauses and ums’ - AOLaol.com · not rated · cited for: context
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