Biden, Obama must OK release of alias emails amid allegations of influence peddling by president

The National Archives and Records Administration is withholding more than 5,000 White House emails that used aliases for then-Vice President Joseph R. Biden as it awaits approval from him and former President Barack Obama to make them public. 

Mr. Biden used at least three email aliases while serving as vice president, and House investigators this month sought access to the messages as part of their probe into whether he engaged in illegal influence peddling.

Some of the emails to Mr. Biden inexplicably copy in his son, Hunter Biden, including scheduling email about a May 2016 call between the vice president and...