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Appointment of Robert K. Hur as Special Counsel

On January 12, 2023, Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Hur to oversee the United States Department of Justice's investigation into President Joe Biden's alleged mishandling of classified documents during his time as vice president. [16]

Garland notified Congress on February 7, 2024, that Hur had concluded his investigation, and no charges were recommended. [17] [18] In the final report with which Hur concluded his investigation, he stated that he found “evidence that President Biden willfully retained and disclosed classified materials after his vice presidency when he was a private citizen." [19] He concluded that "no criminal charges are warranted in this matter ... even if there was no policy against charging a sitting president", because the "evidence does not establish Mr. Biden's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt." He also cited Biden's memory as a factor, concluding that "Biden would likely present himself to a jury ... as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory." [20] [21] [22] The White House rebuked Hur's characterization as inappropriate, politicized commentary that veered from standards of unbiased, legal analysis. [23] [24] [25] Other Democratic Party voices, such as James Carville and David Axelrod, expressed concern that the report would negatively contribute to Biden's image in the ongoing political conversation about age in the 2024 presidential election. [26] [27] Associate deputy attorney general Bradley Weinsheimer, the DOJ's senior nonpolitical career official, rejected White House criticisms in an official response, stating that the report's comments "fall well within the department’s standards for public release". [28] [29]

On March 11, 2024, Hur resigned from the Department of Justice. [30] A redacted version of Hur's interview transcript was released on March 12. According to NPR, the transcript painted "a more nuanced portrait of the president than was described in Hur's report". [31] The Associated Press wrote that "the reality of the situation... isn’t as clear as either Biden or Hur portrayed." [32] According to The Washington Post, "Biden doesn’t come across as being as absent-minded as Hur has made him out to be." [33] On the same day, Hur testified about his investigation before the House Judiciary Committee. [34]

Personal life

Hur married Cara Brewer, an attorney, in 2004. They met two years earlier on a Washington, D.C. subway. [3]

Hur has made donations to the campaigns of at least three Republican political candidates, for less than one thousand dollars combined. [35] According to The Washington Post , attorneys of clients prosecuted by Hur refer to him as a "straight shooter". [36]

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  4. 1 2 Gersen, Jeannie Suk (2024-03-22). "Why Robert Hur Called Biden an "Elderly Man with a Poor Memory"". The New Yorker. ISSN   0028-792X.
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  32. ↑ "Hur said Biden couldn't recall when his son died. The interview transcript is more complicated". AP News. 2024-03-12.
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Official portrait, 2018
Special Counsel for the United States Department of Justice
In office
January 12, 2023 –March 11, 2024
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