Former U.S. President Joe Biden has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice to prevent the release of audio recordings and transcripts from his 2016-2017 private conversations with his biographer.

• The recordings were used in Special Counsel Robert Hur’s 2023 investigation.
• The lawsuit targets the planned June 15 release of materials to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee and the conservative Heritage Foundation.
• Biden is seeking to declare the committee’s request invalid and permanently block the records' release.