Joe Biden, the former U.S.
President, has initiated legal action against the Justice Department in an attempt to halt the release of his private discussions with his memoir's ghostwriter.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, is a response to a 2024 Freedom of Information Act request by the conservative Heritage Foundation.
The group later filed a separate lawsuit seeking access to Biden's remarks to Mark Zwonitzer during the creation of "Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose." The Heritage Foundation also requested records used by former special counsel Robert Hur in his 2023 report on Joe Biden's handling of classified documents.
Audio from Hur's interview reportedly confirmed memory lapses that the White House had previously denied, though Hur ultimately chose not to pursue criminal charges against Biden.
