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US President Joe Biden has been questioned in the affair surrounding the discovery of confidential government documents in a former office and his private home. “The president was interviewed as part of the investigation led by Special Counsel Robert Hur,” White House spokesman Ian Sams said on Monday (local time). The ‘voluntary interview’ with the 80-year-old Democratic president took place at the White House on Sunday and Monday.
“As we have said from the beginning, the president and the White House are working together on this investigation,” Sams emphasized. He referred further questions to the Ministry of Justice.
According to American media, Biden’s own interrogation indicates that the investigation may be nearing its end. ABC News reported that Special Investigator Hur’s team had already conducted extensive interviews with Biden’s staff.
A dozen confidential government documents
At the end of 2022, a dozen confidential government documents from his time as vice president under Biden Obama were found in an office previously used by Biden. Further classified documents were subsequently discovered in Biden’s garage and his home in Delaware. The US Department of Justice subsequently appointed a special prosecutor to investigate the case.
The incident is sensitive for Biden: it gives rise to comparisons with the discovery of hundreds of secret documents in the estate of his predecessor Donald Trump in Florida. Trump’s case is also being investigated by a special investigator. A US law requires presidents and vice presidents to hand over all their emails, letters and other documents to the National Archives after they leave office.
(AFP)
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