Who is Robert Hur? The special counsel looking into Biden’s classified documents
Robert Hur, named Thursday by Attorney General Merrick Garland to oversee the investigation into President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents, is a
WASHINGTON — Robert Hur, named Thursday by Attorney General Merrick Garland to oversee the investigation into President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents, is a former federal prosecutor who has worked with many Republicans throughout his law enforcement career.
Garland appointed Hur as special counsel Thursday after the White House acknowledged that Obama administration documents with classified markings were found in one of Biden’s Delaware homes. On Monday, the White House said similar documents had been found in a Washington office.
Hur has been a partner since April 2021 at the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where he has focused on enforcement, investigations and litigation.
He joined the firm soon after having left the Justice Department, where he was a member of the senior leadership team for about a year as the top adviser to then-Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. President Donald Trump then nominated Hur to be U.S. attorney for Maryland, a role he held between April 2018 and February 2021.
As U.S. attorney, Hur worked on "numerous high-profile matters including those involving national security, cybercrime, public corruption, and financial fraud," according to his biography.
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