On Monday, Attorney General Pam Bondi signed an order acting on behalf of President Donald Trump appointing Julianne Murray as the new U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, with her swearing-in scheduled for July 14, 2025.
Murray is a well-known figure in Delaware politics, having run for governor in 2020 and attorney general in 2022 as a Republican.
She also has served as chair of the Delaware Republican Party, contributing to a more visible and active Republican presence in a state that remains predominantly Democrat.
Delaware, the home state of former President Joe Biden, has consistently voted Democrat in presidential elections. But Murray has shown Delaware has a robust Republican Party.
In 2020, for example, Trump defeated Biden on ballots cast on Election Day. Biden won absentee and mail-in ballots handily, winning the state.
Delaware has been a focal point of legal and political attention, notably due to the prosecution of Hunter Biden by the previous U.S. Attorney, David Weiss.
Weiss, appointed as special counsel, oversaw Hunter Biden's convictions in June 2024 on federal gun charges and in September 2024 on tax evasion charges, resulting in probation and fines but no prison time after plea deals.
Murray's appointment by the Trump administration might signal a shift in prosecutorial priorities.
Murray could also review key investigative and legal matters involving Biden.
After leaving the vice presidency in January 2017, Joe Biden retained classified documents from his tenure as vice president (2009–2017) and senator (1973–2009).
These were discovered in multiple locations, including his Wilmington, Delaware, home.
Classified documents were found Dec. 20, 2022, in Biden's garage, near a damaged box containing materials related to Afghanistan.
Attorney General Merrick Garland assigned Justice Department lawyer Robert K. Hur as special counsel Jan. 12, 2023, to investigate possible unauthorized retention of classified materials.
An FBI consensual search of Biden's Wilmington home Jan. 20, 2023, uncovered six more items with classification markings in his home office, some from his Senate tenure and some from his vice presidency, along with handwritten notes.
The total number of documents was reported to be between 25 and 30, with some containing "Top Secret" markings.
Hur's February 2024 report concluded that Biden "willfully retained and disclosed classified materials" as a private citizen, including documents on Afghanistan's military and foreign policy and notebooks with sensitive national security entries.
These were stored in unsecured locations, such as his Delaware garage and home office, posing "serious risks to national security."
Notably, Biden shared, probably illegally, some classified information with his ghostwriter, Mark Zwonitzer, for his 2017 memoir "Promise Me, Dad," including a February 2017 comment about finding "all the classified stuff downstairs" in a Virginia rental home.
Despite evidence of willful retention, Hur determined that "the evidence does not establish Mr. Biden's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt," and no criminal charges were warranted. Hur also suggested Biden was too old to stand prosecution, even though he was close to the same age as Trump, who was prosecuted on similar claims.
Trump supporters noted that he, as a sitting president, had the legal right to declassify documents, where former vice president Biden had no such power at the time he took the documents.
Murray has appeared frequently on national television, including Newsmax, and recently represented Newsmax Broadcasting LLC in ongoing litigation with Dominion Voting Systems in Delaware courts.
The Dominion case stems from alleged defamation claims related to 2020 election fraud allegations.
Murray stepped down from the case Monday.
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