Former President Joe Biden’s lawsuit against the Justice Department has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who rose to national prominence for overseeing several cases connected to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

Biden sued the DOJ on Tuesday in an effort to block the release of private conversations and audio recordings tied to special counsel Robert Hur’s classified documents investigation.

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