What We Know About Robert Hur, Special Counsel Investigating Biden’s Handling Of Classified Docs

Attorney General Merrick Garland Robert Hur was appointed as attorney to take over the administration of the company. Department of Justice inquiry into the handling of batches of classified documents found at President Joe Biden’s private D.C. office and Wilmington, Delaware, home.

Garland announced his decision to appoint Hurry at a press conference on Thursday, one day after news broke of a second batch of classified documents found stashed in the garage and an adjoining room of Biden’s Wilmington home. The first stash consisting of 10 documents was reported earlier this week after being found by a personal attorney of the president in Biden’s office at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C.

“I will conduct the assigned investigation with fair, impartial, and dispassionate judgment. I intend to follow the facts swiftly and thoroughly, without fear or favor, and will honor the trust placed in me to perform this service,” Hur In a statement Thursday.

John Lausch (the U.S. attorney in Chicago) recommended Hur be tapped by Garland. Lausch began a preliminary inquiry into the handling of the documents, reportedly from Biden’s time as vice president, after Garland tapped him on November 14, 12 days after 10 classified documents were found in Biden’s D.C. office on November 2.

Hur, who was a former federal prosecution officer, worked at the Department of Justice in both Democratic and Republican administrations. His current role as partner in Gibson, Dunn, and Crutcher, which he heads groups that focus on white-collar defence and national security, will end. Biography.

Hur was the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland when he last served in government. This post was nominated and confirmed by the former President Donald Trump. He Received Unanimous approval by the Senate. From April 2018 to February 20,21, Hur was the Maryland’s chief federal prosecutor. President Joe Biden demanded that almost all federal prosecutors he had appointed to his staff resign.

Prior to serving as U.S. attorney for Maryland, Hurry worked in the DOJ as then-Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s right hand, helping Rosenstein manage the day-to-day activity of the Justice Department and acting as Rosenstein’s “point person” overseeing then-special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the Russian collusion hoax of the 2016 election, Rosenstein told CNN.

Hur “was my point person and he had biweekly meetings with Mueller’s team and then briefed me on the progress of the Russian special counsel investigation,” Rosenstein said. “So he has seen that firsthand and he knows that you need not to be influenced by politics and make decisions based on fact and the law and the Department of Justice policy, and I think we can count on Rob to do that.”

From 2007 to 2014, Hur worked as an assistant U.S. attorney in Maryland when Rosenstein had the job as the state’s top federal prosecutor. From 2003 to 2005, Hur worked at the DOJ as counsel and special assistant before serving as counsel to current FBI Director Christopher Wray, then serving as assistant attorney general in charge of the DOJ’s criminal division.

Harvard College was his undergrad, and he received a law degree at Stanford Law School in 2001. He was a clerk for Alex Kozinski, Ninth Circuit Judge, and William Rehnquist, former Supreme Court Chief Justice.

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