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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday named Robert Hur as special counsel to investigate whether President Joe Biden had improperly handled sensitive government documents. Garland said Hur would act as a quasi-independent prosecutor to determine whether classified records from Biden’s time as vice president had been improperly stored at his residence in Delaware and at a think tank in Washington. Hur would examine “whether any person or entity violated the law,” Garland said. Hur was the U.S. attorney in Maryland during the Trump administrat…