Robert Hur — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Oversaw the investigation into President Joe Biden's alleged mishandling of classified documents
Served as United States Attorney for the District of Maryland from 2018 to 2021
Served as Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General with the U.S. Department of Justice
Law clerk for Chief Justice William Rehnquist of the U.S. Supreme Court from 2002 to 2003
Graduated from Stanford Law School with a Juris Doctor (2001) and Harvard College with a Bachelor of Arts (1995)

Biography

Robert Kyoung Hur is an American lawyer known for his extensive career in the U.S. Department of Justice. He served as the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland from 2018 to 2021 and as Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General. In 2023, Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Hur to oversee the Department of Justice's investigation into President Joe Biden's alleged mishandling of classified documents.

Hur was born in 1973 in New York City and raised in Los Angeles.