What We Know About Robert Hur, Special Counsel Probing Biden’s Handling of Classified Documents

Then-U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Robert Hur delivers remarks during Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's farewell ceremony at the Robert F. Kennedy Main Justice Building in Washington on May 9, 2019. Hur was appointment special counsel to investigate President Joe Biden's handling of classified records on Jan. 12. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Robert K. Hur, the special counsel appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland to lead the probe into President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents, is a former federal prosecutor with a “long and distinguished career,” according to Garland.

“As U.S. Attorney, [Hur] supervised some of the Department’s more important national security, public corruption, and other high-profile matters,” the attorney general noted in announcing Hur’s appointment on Jan. 12.