1. Robert Kyoung Hur was born on 1973 and is an American lawyer who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland from 2018 to 2021.
20 Facts About Robert Hur
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Robert Hur previously served as Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General with the US Department of Justice.
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Robert Hur was born in 1973 in New York City to South Korean parents.
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Robert Hur's father, Young Hur, was an anesthesiologist, and his mother, Haesook Hur, worked as the office manager for her husband's anesthesiology practice.
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Robert Hur was raised in Los Angeles where he attended the Harvard School.
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From 1995 to 1996, Robert Hur did graduate study in philosophy at King's College, Cambridge, receiving first-class honours.
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Robert Hur then attended Stanford Law School, where he was the executive editor of the Stanford Law Review and won the school's Kirkwood Moot Court Competition.
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Robert Hur graduated in 2001 with a Juris Doctor and membership in the Order of the Coif.
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Robert Hur then served as Special Assistant and Counsel to Christopher A Wray, then Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Justice Department's Criminal Division.
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Robert Hur rejoined the Department of Justice as Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General, a top aide to Rod Rosenstein after Rosenstein became Deputy Attorney General.
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Robert Hur was a liaison to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election.
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On November 1,2017, Robert Hur was nominated by President Donald Trump to be the next United States Attorney for the District of Maryland.
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Robert Hur was unanimously confirmed in the US Senate by voice vote later the same day.
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On February 3,2021, Robert Hur announced his resignation, effective February 15.
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On January 12,2023, Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Robert 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.
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Garland notified Congress on February 7,2024, that Robert Hur had concluded his investigation, and no charges were recommended.
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On March 11,2024, Robert Hur resigned from the Department of Justice.
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Robert Hur returned to his old firm, King and Spalding, in September 2024.
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Robert Hur was hired by Harvard University after the Trump administration threatened the university's federal funding.
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Robert Hur has made donations to the campaigns of at least three Republican political candidates, for less than one thousand dollars combined.