President Joe Biden has been interviewed as a part of an unbiased investigation into his dealing with of labeled paperwork.

White House spokesman Ian Sams mentioned in a press release on Monday that the interview was voluntary and performed on the White House on Sunday and Monday.

Mr Sams mentioned: “As we have said from the beginning, the president and the White House are co-operating 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.

“We would refer different inquiries to the Justice Department right now.”

In January, documents containing classification markings have been discovered on the president’s house in Delaware.

The Justice Department performed a search on the Wilmington residence which lasted roughly 13 hours.

Other paperwork have been additionally discovered at a Washington think-tank he was related to.

The obvious mishandling of labeled paperwork and official data from the Obama administration is beneath investigation by a former US legal professional, Robert Hur, who was appointed as a particular counsel by Attorney General Merrick Garland.

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Republicans have sought to check the investigation of Mr Biden’s dealing with of labeled paperwork to the continued probe into how former president Donald Trump dealt with labeled paperwork after his presidency.

The White House, nonetheless, beforehand mentioned the 2 circumstances are totally different as a result of Mr Biden’s crew has cooperated with authorities of their probe and turned over paperwork, whereas Mr Trump had resisted doing so till an FBI search at his Florida house.

The Department of Justice traditionally imposes a excessive authorized bar earlier than bringing prison costs in circumstances involving the mishandling of labeled data, with a requirement that somebody meant to interrupt the regulation versus being merely careless or negligent in doing so.