Biden sues to prevent release of interview audio from Robert Hur DOJ investigation
Former President Joe Biden is suing the Department of Justice to block the release of audio recordings from his interviews related to a classified documents investigation. The recordings contain personal conversations that Biden argues should remain private. The lawsuit follows a DOJ notification of plans to release the recordings to Congress and a conservative think tank.
- ▪Biden's lawsuit aims to prevent the release of private conversations recorded during interviews for his memoir.
- ▪The DOJ plans to release the recordings in response to Freedom of Information Act requests.
- ▪Biden's legal team argues that the recordings are exempt from disclosure under FOIA.
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Former President Joe Biden is suing the Department of Justice in an effort to block the release of private conversations and audio recordings tied to special counsel Robert Hur‘s classified documents investigation. Hur investigated Biden’s handling of classified documents and interviewed the former president about conversations with ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer for his 2017 memoir, Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose. The interviews, conducted between 2016 and 2017 at Biden’s home, were recorded as part of the book writing process.
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