Over five hours of interviews, U.S. President Joe Biden repeatedly told a special counsel he never meant to retain classified information after he left the vice-presidency, but he was at times fuzzy about dates and said he was unfamiliar with the paper trail for some of the sensitive documents he handled.
A transcript of those interviews was made public Tuesday, as the special counsel, Robert Hur, went before the U.S. House judiciary committee to face questions about his investigation of the Democratic president.
In his report, Hur concluded Biden should not face criminal charges over his mishandling of documents, but also impugned the
