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Richard Luscombe and agency

Biden sues justice department to block release of Robert Hur interview audio

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Joe Biden speaks during a memorial service to celebrate the life of the civil rights leader, Jesse Jackson, in Chicago on 6 March 2026. Photograph: Jim Vondruska/Reuters

Joe Biden, the former president, has filed a lawsuit to try to prevent the justice department (DoJ) from releasing transcripts and audio of interviews that exposed his frequent memory lapses and helped derail his 2024 re-election campaign.

The decade-old conversations with the author of his biography ended up in the hands of Robert Hur, the special counsel who was appointed to look into allegations Biden improperly handled classified documents.

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