Joe Biden pleads "error": the American president is on the defensive after the discovery of new confidential documents in his family home, a case which a special prosecutor will investigate.

The White House insists that the current Democratic president is actively collaborating with justice, unlike his predecessor who is suspected of having deliberately concealed part of his archives.

Dominique Simonnet, journalist and writer specializing in the United States, was on France 24 to discuss the subject.