(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced that in response to a Nevada Public Records Act (NPRA) it received police radio records from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department that show it shutting down roads and clearing a path to a local hospital on July 17, 2024, for a “sick or injured” President Biden.
President Biden suddenly canceled an appearance at an event in Las Vegas, Nevada, after testing positive for Covid-19. Biden was set to speak at the UnidosUS Annual Conference.
Four days later, on July 21, 2024, Biden announced he would not seek re-election.
Judicial Watch obtained the radio transmissions in a Nevada Public Records Act request for:
All records, including emails, email chains, email attachments, text messages, video or audio recordings of any type, radio transmissions, photographs, correspondence, statements, letters, memoranda, logs, blotters, reports, briefings, presentations, notes, summaries, or other form of record regarding President Joseph (Joe) Biden having any form of medical emergency, event, situation, or to expedite his movement while in Las Vegas to deliver a speech at UnidosUS.
The Las Vegas Police produced three audio recordings. None of the recordings have a date/time stamp.
In the 43-minute recording, in a transmission largely dealing with rerouting traffic to accommodate Biden’s motorcade, the control center asks if anyone knows if the Secret Service has drones flying over the stratosphere and the response is “I don’t think so.” The drone is reported “stratosphere flying 2500 feet.” Shortly afterwards, Biden is declared Code 421, meaning sick or injured. Officers are directed to respond, Code 3, meaning lights and sirens, and are heard quickly maneuvering to block intersections for a full road closure.
As transcribed by Judicial Watch, some of the radio transmissions include:
[@ 19:47] Officer: Downtown is asking if we know if Secret Service has drones flying over the stratosphere right now?”
Officer: I don’t think so.
Officer: Where is the drone at?
Officer: It’s stratosphere flying 2500 feet.
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[@ 22:40] Officer: Alright, so right now we be on a hold with something with the president, so if you can go ahead, you can go ahead and let some of that north and south flow, but not east and west, just north and south please….
Officer: For everybody on the radio, right now POTUS [Biden] is 421 [sick or injured]. He’s being seen, so we are kind of waiting to see how this is shaping out, so for everybody’s knowledge he’s 421 right now. We’re just trying to figure out what’s going on and we’re going to go from there.
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[@ 25:40] Officer: Can you have all the units that are assigned to the motorcade come down to Desert Inn and Eastern, DI and Eastern? And, I need them here ASAP….
Officer: When you say ASAP, do you want us Code 3 [lights and sirens] there?
Officer: Yes, please.
Officer: I want everybody with the exception of units at DI and Eastern….
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[@ 29:10] Officer: All units on this channel, 302. What we are going to do is, the tail car is going to be in a black explorer. They are going to get out in front. We are going to go south on Eastern and they are going to deploy you. So the first car behind the EP Explorer, just listen to what they are telling you and deploy you. And then each car after that will be deployed….
Officer: Alright, everybody keep in mind, for this one we are trying to go for a full closure. We need a full closure. So it needs to be north and south bound on Eastern as well as East and West on Russell….
Officer: We are going to shut down everything….
Officer: 302, Secret Service is requesting a Code 3 [lights and sirens] response.
Police units are heard announcing the Biden motorcade’s arrival at Air Force One. A informs the officers of their “great work” on an “ad hoc” mission:
[@ 40:24] Officer: All my units at the airport, be advised that the motorcade is at Air Force One, so just hold your road closures until I tell you otherwise.
Officer: Control, 302, just want to let everybody know great work out there. We put that together ad hoc. Appreciate all the resources coming over. You did a fantastic job. Looked like we had planned it for weeks. So, great job everybody. If I could ask everybody to please standby until we get the plane off the ground.
In the 4:03 minute recording, officers are heard over the radio rushing to secure the perimeter of University Medical Center Hospital and rendezvous outside Valley Hospital emergency room entrance in anticipation of Biden’s arrival. A “Max Tac Alert, meaning maximum tactical alert, is declared over the radio “he is in the box squad.” Plain clothes officers are directed to “tac up” before heading to the Valley Hospital. As transcribed by Judicial Watch, some of those radio transmissions include:
[@ :10] Officer: Assign yourself to a 461 [non-criminal detail] at UMC [University Medical Center], break. Everyone who is able straight to Valley Hospital ER.
Officer: You kind of cut up 678, did you say 462 [directed patrol activity] at UMC and what was the other part?
Officer: Go ahead straight to the UMC, meet at the Valley Hospital ER parking lot.
Officer: 678 acknowledged….
Officer: So for officers coming to valley we are going to meet, behind the ER entrance where the ambulance is going, there is a little cul-de-sac back there. You will see me.
A beeping alert tone is transmitted.
Officer: Max Tac Alert. Area command, break. He’s in the box squad. It’s going to Max TAC alert for the preliminary command in the box squad.
Officer: 678 I copy that. Again, any available units come down here to Valley Hospital right now.
Officer: 678 copy. There is about four units coming to you right now.
Officer: I need more.
Officer: 678 -759. Most of my guys are plain clothes, can you use us or no.
Officer: As long as they are decked out in readily identifiable police gear.
Officer: Alright, copy that. We will be enroute to you bro.
Officer: 759 – unintelligible
Officer: Go ahead.
Officer: I caught the tail end of that, where we meeting you at?
Officer: Just rally up outside the station, we will tac up, then we will push out.
In the 4:20 minute recording, officers are heard over the radio being directed to respond, Code 3, lights and sirens, to start blocking intersections and closing roads to traffic. Officers are on two different radio channels with some units moving with the “package,” referring to Biden, while other units are scrambling to close roads for the president’s motorcade movement. As transcribed by Judicial Watch, some of the transmissions are:
[@ :05] Officer: Can I have my Lincoln squad switch over to event eight please, event eight?
Officer: Okay 697 squad, Lincoln squad switch over to event eight.
Officer: And if they’re not already, have them Code 3 [lights and sirens] over to the rally point please….
Officer: Yeah, I know you’ve got some southeast units coming over plus you are in the box squad. I need to get all the major intersections with lights shut down from Desert Inn all the way to Russell. So, if units could just start calling out what intersection they are going to I think that is going to be useful. Start with the big ones….
Officer: The first three priorities are going to be Flamingo, Tropicana, and then Russell because those are the three biggest….
Officer: Units on the event channel are going to be moving with the package, but, yeah, why don’t you guys just focus on those three major intersections for now.
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[@ 3:21] Officer: We’re going to go ahead and lock down the intersections, I am going back to event eight to get further instructions….
Officer: 697, yeah, for those units that are coming, just start going up and down Eastern, look for an intersection that needs to be shut down, and then just shut it down.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre later released a statement regarding the incident:
Earlier today following his first event in Las Vegas, President Biden tested positive for COVID-19. He is vaccinated and boosted and he is experiencing mild symptoms. He will be returning to Delaware where he will self-isolate and will continue to carry out all of his duties fully during that time.
Video posted to X shows Biden slowly boarding Air Force One in Las Vegas on July 17.
Another video posted to X shows Biden arriving in Delaware on July 17 and slowly descending Air Force One’s short stairs for “self-isolation” due to the alleged COVID-19 diagnosis, but again he is seen not wearing a mask.
“These Las Vegas Police Department recordings raise significant questions about whether the American people were told the full truth about President Biden’s health status,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.
Judicial Watch recently sued the Department of Justice for documents related to invoking the 25th Amendment against Biden.
