Why Biden Is Suing the DOJ—and What Trump Has Said About It
Tiago Ventura, TIME, May 27, 2026
ormer President Joe Biden is suing the Justice Department in an attempt to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts from private interviews with the ghostwriter of his 2017 memoir.
The lawsuit filed in Washington, D.C.'s federal court Tuesday argues that the DOJ is abandoning “core tenets of American justice” by disclosing what Biden’s legal team describes as the former President’s "private information."
According to the filing, the DOJ informed Biden that it plans to release the materials on June 15 to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee and right-wing think tank Heritage Foundation, which sued for access to the records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOAI) in 2024.
The foundation sought access to materials used in then-Special Counsel Robert Hur’s 2023 investigation into Biden’s handling of classified documents when he served as Vice President between 2009-2017.
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