Garland announced that he had appointed Robert Hur, former U.S. attorney for the District of Maryland, as special counsel to investigate Biden's handling of classified documents.
, Hur served as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, where he focused on issues such as violent crime, fraud and cybercrimes, per the Post.
He had also previously served as top aide to now-FBI Director Christopher Wray, when Wray was leading the Justice Department’s criminal division, perAfter leaving the government in 2021, Hur took a partner role in Washington D.C.'s Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher law firm. A graduate of Harvard and Stanford Law School, early in his career Hur clerked for late U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist.“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 said in a statement Thursday.
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