Who is special counsel Robert Hur, leading probe into Joe Biden’s handling of Classified documents?
US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on January 12 that he had appointed Robert Hur as a special counsel to investigate Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents.Hur, 50, is taking over the probe from Chicago’s top federal prosecutor John Lausch. Lausch had spearheaded a review of the sensitive materials found at the president’s former office at a Washington think tank and private Wilmington, Delaware residence, since November.As the Biden classified memos saga unfolds, let’s take a closer look at the man behind the newly-launched special counsel probe.Where & When Was Robert Hur Born?Robert Kyoung Hur was born in 1973 in New York City to South Korean parents, Haesook Hur, an office manager, and Dr. Young Hur, an anesthesiologist, from Monroe Township, New Jersey. What Education Did Special Counsel Robert Hur Have?After receiving a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University in 1995, he then rounded off his education at Stanford Law School, where he was executive editor of the Stanford Law Review. He graduated with a Juris Doctor degree in 2001. Hur also studied philosophy at King’s College, University of Cambridge from 1995 to 1996.Where Did Robert Hur Work?Robert Hur was employed for some time as a clerk for Chief Justice William Rehnquist of the US Supreme Court and Judge Alex Kozinski of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
