Special counsel Robert Hur to testify publicly on Biden investigation

Special counsel Robert Hur will appear publicly before the House Judiciary Committee on March 12 to answer questions about his investigation into President Biden’s handling of classified records. The hearing, confirmed by a source familiar, comes as Republicans have called his failure to recommend charges for Biden part of a broader “double standard” amid former President Trump’s prosecution on Espionage Act charges. In a joint statement last week, House GOP leadership, led by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), argued that the special counsel’s decision to not charge the president for his...