Robert Kyoung Hur is an American lawyer appointed by Donald Trump to serve as the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland from 2018 to 2021. He previously served as Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General with the U.S. Department of Justice. Hur oversaw the 2023–2024 investigation into U.S. President Joe Biden's alleged mishandling of classified documents during Biden's time as vice president.
Official portrait, 2018
Appointment of Robert K. Hur as Special Counsel
Joe Biden classified documents incident
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 his personal residence in Wilmington, Delaware, dating to his time in the United States Senate and his vice presidency in the Obama administration. The number of documents was later revealed to be between 25 and 30. By June 2023, classified documents from Biden's Senate tenure were discovered in materials donated to the University of Delaware.
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.
Special Counsel Robert Hur at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on March 12, 2024.
Biden speaking at the White House in January 2024