On January 9, 2023, CBS News reported that attorneys for U.S. president Joe Biden discovered classified government documents in his former office at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C., and in h
Pence speaking in Las Vegas in October 2023
Robert K Hur was appointed as special counsel to oversee the investigation by Attorney General Merrick Garland on January 12, 2023.
Biden speaking at the White House in January 2024
Garland speaking in May 2023, with Biden in the background
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Robert Kyoung Hur is an American lawyer who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland from 2018 to 2021. He previously served as Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General wit
Joe Biden classified documents incident
…Attorney General Merrick Garland assigned U.S. Attorney John R. Lausch Jr. to conduct an initial investigation. On January 12, 2023, Garland appointed Robert K. Hur as special counsel to investigate "possible unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or other records". The next day, the House…
Official portrait, 2018
Appointment of Robert K. Hur as Special Counsel