<span style="color: #222222;">United States Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed a special counsel to take over the investigation into the Obama-era classified documents found at President Joe Biden's home and former private office. The special counsel is Robert Hur, who was nominated to be US attorney in Maryland by then-President Donald Trump in 2017 and served in the role until his resignation in 2021. Hur had most recently been working in private practice in Washington, DC. The appointment marks a unique moment in American history with special counsels investigating the current president and his immediate predecessor at the same time.<br />''<br />''The appointment comes hours after the White House counsel's office said in a statement that US President Biden's aides located documents with classified markings at two locations inside his home at Wilmington in Delaware.<br />''<br />''Speaking to reporters yesterday, the US President said, the documents were in a locked garage and that he was cooperating fully with the Department of Justice.</span><br />