Hur previously served at the Department of Justice (DOJ) in several positions, most notably as the U.S. District Attorney of Maryland under former President Donald Trump. Earlier in his career, Hur had served as a top aide and counsel to now-FBI Director Christopher Wray, who was serving as an Assistant Attorney General overseeing the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
In 2017, during Hur’s time at the DOJ, he worked for then-U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein as Rosenstein appointed, and later oversaw, special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into potential collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.
According to a DOJ memo obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, Hur was “likely” aware of at least some communication between the FBI and Christopher Steele regarding the FISA application to surveil Carter Page, a Trump campaign staffer. The Steele dossier, a now largely-debunked opposition research file, was partly used as the pretext for the Page FISA application.
[This track record is causing considerable concern among conservatives and Republicans. Expect more scrutiny on this from House Republicans, perhaps as a means of arguing that their probe should take precedence. — Ed]
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