Navy sailor disciplined for trying to access Biden's medical records multiple times

A sailor assigned to a medical team at a base in Virginia tried unsuccessfully to access President Joe Biden’s medical records multiple times earlier this year, a Navy spokesperson said Tuesday.

The sailor, who was not named by defense officials, worked with the Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command at Fort Belvoir when the failed attempts took place in February.

The service member searched for “Joseph Biden” in the Military Health System’s electronic health record "out of curiosity," Cmdr. Tim Hawkins said in a statement.

A health record that was not the president’s was accessed, Hawkins said, adding that “at no time was the President’s personal information compromised.”

The attempted access was first reported by ABC News.

A defense official told NBC News that the sailor made three attempts at accessing Biden's information on Feb. 23 — roughly two weeks after special counsel Robert Hur cited the president's "poor memory" as one of the reasons he decided not to bring charges in his classified documents review.

A co-worker reported the records breach, which was investigated by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. NCIS notified the U.S. Secret Service, which participated in an interview of the unidentified sailor, the defense official said.

The NCIS probe concluded on April 24, and the sailor "was held accountable administratively," the defense official said.

Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder, a spokesman for the Defense Department, said that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was notified of the breach in February, and that the Navy had informed the White House about the incident.

The disclosure of the attempted records access comes amid new questions about Biden’s health following his dismal debate performance against