University Of Delaware board members, who are keeping Biden's Senate records secret, have close ties to the former VP | Fox News

University Of Delaware board members, who are keeping Biden's Senate records secret, have close ties to the former VP | Fox News

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Exclusive: Biden’s Senate records guarded by university board members with close ties to former VP
Numerous University of Delaware officials refusing to release Joe Biden's Senate records -- despite an earlier promise -- have close personal and financial ties to the former vice president, records reviewed by Fox News show.

One of them, the university’s board chairman, even bought Biden's house in 1996 for a reportedly "top dollar" price, Fox News has learned. The documents suggest a significant conflict of interest as Biden faces increasing pressure to relinquish the documents that could contain information relevant to former aide Tara Reade's sexual assault allegation against him.

In 2012, Biden dropped off 1,875 boxes of “photographs, documents, videotapes, and files” and 415 gigabytes of electronic records to the University of Delaware. The university initially said it expected to make the records “available to the public two years after Biden’s last day in elected public office.” In April 2019, just hours before Biden announced his current presidential bid, the university changed its mind, and said the papers wouldn't be released until either Dec. 31, 2019 or until two years after Biden “retires from public life.” Click here for more on our top story.

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