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Docs case vs. Biden goes on – slowly

Yaron Steinbuch

While Donald Trump has been indicted on charges of mishandling classified White House documents, the federal probe into President Biden’s own handling of classified materials is not close to being wrapped up, according to a report.

Biden has not yet been interviewed by special counsel Robert Hur, who is investigating his handling of the materials found at his Delaware home and private DC office, three informed people told NBC News.

The president’s advisers have determined he would provide an interview once his legal team and the Justice Department agree on the conditions, the sources told the news outlet.

In February, Biden dismissed the materials found at his property as simply “stray papers” that ended up there because of careless aides who packed up his vice presidential office years ago.

He argued that, unlike Trump, “no one has had to threaten to do anything” and that he didn’t have the documents “laid out” on the floor, with “top secret code word and all the rest” — a reference to the infamous FBI photograph of Trump’s classified White House papers at his Mar-a-Lago estate.

Biden has said he is “cooperating fully and completely” with the Justice Department probe.

A spokesperson for Biden’s personal attorney, Bob Bauer, declined to comment to NBC News about its report.

The White House also declined to comment and referred questions to the Justice Department. A rep for Hur also declined to comment to NBC.

Biden’s scandal was triggered by the discovery of at least a dozen classified documents at the Penn Biden Center in November, which the White House had kept under wraps through the 2022 midterm elections.

The National Archives was blocked from informing the public about the initial discovery of classified documents by either the White House or the Department of Justice, a source previously confirmed to The Post.

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