Former President Joe Biden has initiated legal action against the Department of Justice (DOJ) to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts from his private conversations with biographer Mark Zwonitzer, which took place in 2016 and 2017. These recordings are significant in the context of the investigation led by special counsel Robert Hur, focusing on Biden's handling of classified documents. While Biden maintains that he did not share classified information, Hur's investigation revealed that Biden had read passages from classified notebooks aloud to Zwonitzer. Hur's findings suggest that Biden's memory lapses could pose challenges in establishing whether he acted willfully in this matter. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Washington D.C. as the DOJ is preparing to release redacted versions of the transcripts and audio on June 15, following a Freedom of Information Act request from Congress and the Heritage Foundation. Neither Biden's representatives nor the DOJ provided immediate comments on the lawsuit.