President Joe Biden was interviewed this week as part of Special Counsel Robert Hur’s ongoing investigation into his handling of classified documents from his time as vice president, according to a statement released by The White House.
The White House Counsel’s Office spokesperson Ian Sams said the president sat for a voluntary interview that took place at the White House over two days.
“The President has been interviewed as part of the investigation being led by Special Counsel Robert Hur,” Mr. Sams said. “The voluntary interview was conducted at the White House over two days, Sunday and Monday, and concluded Monday.
“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,” Mr. Sams continued.
Mr. Hur was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland to lead the probe into President Biden’s handling of classified documents in January. He was a former federal prosecutor appointed by former President Donald Trump who has litigation experience involving classified information.
President Biden’s interview suggests the probe may be nearing a conclusion. As recently as late August, the president said that he had not been asked by the special counsel’s office to sit for an interview.
“There’s no such request and no such interest,” President Biden told reporters after a Pilates class while on vacation in Lake Tahoe on Aug. 25.
The investigation was launched after classified documents were found in both President Biden’s residence in Wilmington, Delaware, and his former workspace at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C.
In January, when tapped to lead the probe, Mr. Hur had said that he would “follow the facts swiftly and thoroughly, without fear or favor, and will honor the trust placed in me to perform this service.”
“I will conduct the assigned investigation with fair, impartial, and dispassionate judgment,” he said in a Jan. 12 statement released by the Justice Department.
In June, former President Donald Trump faced indictment on charges by Special Counsel Jack Smith related to mishandling classified documents. The former president entered a plea of not guilty in a Miami courtroom on June 13.
Former Vice President Mike Pence disclosed in January that classified documents were found at his Indiana home during a search prompted by the Biden document discoveries. The Justice Department later concluded its investigation, finding no wrongdoing.
From The Epoch Times
