WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden has been interviewed as part of an independent investigation into his handling of classified documents, the White House said late Monday.
Special counsel Robert Hur is examining the improper retention of classified documents by Biden from his time as a U.S. senator and as vice president that were found at his Delaware home, as well as at a private office that he used in between his service in the Obama administration and becoming president.
Ian Sams, a spokesperson for the White House counsel’s office, said in a statement that the interview was voluntary and conducted at the White House.
Investigators with Hur’s office have cast a broad net in the Biden probe, interviewing a wide range of witnesses about their knowledge of the handling of classified documents.
It is one of three recent Justice Department investigations into the handling of classified documents by politically prominent figures.