Biden sues DOJ to block release of his audio interviews

Joe Biden has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice in an effort to stop it from releasing the former president’s audio interviews to Congress and a conservative think tank.

The Justice Department plans to release the files to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee and the Heritage Foundation on June 15.

Biden’s lawyers argue it would be "an unwarranted invasion" of privacy.

Biden’s lawsuit hopes to stop President Trump’s Justice Department from releasing the files to Congress and the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank. The Justice Department denied the Heritage Foundation’s request for the records in 2024, when Biden was still in office, arguing the files were exempt from public records laws and not subject to release. Trump reversed that position when he took office for a second term in 2025.