Robert Hur was appointed as special counsel by Attorney General Merrick Garland.
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The Charlie Kirk ShowJul 30, 2026
Multiple authoritative sources, including the DOJ primary record and AP, confirm Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Robert Hur as special counsel on January 12, 2023. The claim matches the post's statement that Hur was picked by Garland, and the extraction is faithful to the passage.
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… But I think he clearly had other venue choices, and I think he just decided to give Biden a pass. And I also think, look, let's be realistic. You know, Robert Hur has an R after his name, but he was picked, in this instance, by Merrick Garland, the Joe Biden handpicked attorney general, and I, I think that, uh, you know, Merrick Garland knew that he was not picking someone who was gonna try to send Joe Biden to jail, like Jack Smith was trying to send President Trump to jail. Yeah, I mean, exactly. It just, it's frustrating. …
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Supports. The DOJ Office of Public Affairs announced that Attorney General Merrick B. Garland appointed Robert K. Hur as special counsel on January 12, 2023.[3]
Supports. AP reports that Garland appointed Hur as special counsel to investigate classified documents found at President Biden's Wilmington home and a Washington office.[1][4]
Supports. FactCheck.org and The Hill confirm the appointment was announced by Garland on January 12, 2023.[2][4]
Sources
4 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 1 tier 1
- 1Garland appoints special counsel to investigate Biden docsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2What to Know About the Special Counsels Investigating Trump and Biden - FactCheck.orgfactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3Office of Public Affairs | Appointment of a Special Counseljustice.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4Who is Robert Hur, the special counsel who investigated ...thehill.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports
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