Special counsel who investigated Biden over classified files to testify to Congress

Robert Hur – who suggested Biden had ‘poor memory – infuriated Trump allies by recommending no charges for US president

House lawmakers are on Tuesday set to grill Robert Hur, the justice department special counsel who recommended Joe Biden not be charged for possessing classified documents while criticizing the president’s ability to recall events.

In his report released in February, Hur, a former US attorney appointed by Donald Trump, infuriated the president’s Democratic allies by making repeated references to Biden’s age and memory. For instance, Hur wrote that one reason he did not believe the president should be indicted is because jurors would see him “as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory”.