Originally published October 9, 2023 8:00 pm PDT
U.S. President Joe Biden has participated in a two-day interview with the special counsel, Robert Hur, regarding an ongoing investigation into the handling of certain classified documents from his tenure as vice president.
The White House made this development public on Monday, the second and final day of the interview.
White House spokesperson, Ian Sams, confirmed the meeting, stating, “The President has been interviewed as part of the investigation being led by Special Counsel Robert Hur,” The Hill reports.
He further noted that this interview with President Biden took place at the White House over Sunday and Monday, wrapping up by Monday’s end.
Emphasizing the administration’s commitment to the process, Sams said, “As we have said from the beginning, the President and the White House are cooperating with this investigation, and as it has been appropriate, we have provided relevant updates publicly, being as transparent as we can consistent with protecting and preserving the integrity of the investigation.”
For further inquiries, Sams directed the public to the Justice Department.
News of this significant development in the investigation was first broken by The New York Times.
President Biden, in a statement from August, had mentioned that there hadn’t been any interview request from the special counsel’s office up to that point.
The recent interview signals a potential progression toward the investigation’s culmination.
Earlier in the year, Attorney General Merrick Garland had designated Hur to spearhead this special probe.
The core of the investigation focuses on the discovery of documents bearing classified markers at President Biden’s residence in Wilmington, Delaware.
Additionally, similar classified documents were uncovered at a University of Pennsylvania office located in Washington, D.C., an office President Biden utilized after the Obama administration’s term.
The unearthing of these documents in the university office occurred last November, with the public only being informed of this discovery in January.
