For a long time there was silence surrounding confidential government documents that were discovered in Joe Biden’s former office and in his private home last November. Now the US president has been questioned about the matter by special investigator Robert Hur.
However, the White House emphasized that it was a “voluntary interview.” According to the information, the investigation took place on Sunday and Monday. “As we have said from the beginning, the President and the White House are working together on this investigation,” the statement said. According to the Wall Street Journal, Biden’s lawyers had been negotiating with Hur for weeks about the “rules” of the interrogation.
At the end of 2022, a dozen confidential government documents from his time as vice president under Biden Obama were found in an office previously used by Biden. Additional classified documents were subsequently discovered in Biden’s garage and his home in Delaware. The US Department of Justice subsequently appointed a special prosecutor to investigate the case.
The law requires former presidents to hand over documents
The incident is sensitive for Biden: it gives rise to comparisons with the discovery of hundreds of secret documents in the estate of his predecessor Donald Trump in Florida. Trump’s case is also being investigated by a special investigator. A US law requires presidents and vice presidents to hand over all their emails, letters and other documents to the National Archives after they leave office.
Source: Krone
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