Hunter Biden moves toward creating a legal defense fund – raising concerns inside the White House
Hunter Biden moves toward creating legal defense fund — sparking concerns in White House over appearances as Democrats start cutting checks
- Move comes as a federal probe wraps up and GOP probes escalate
- Some Democrats are concerned about what the requests would look like
- Hunter Biden was in Arkansas court this week in a child support battle
Hunter Biden is on his way to building a legal defense fund as he grapples with federal probes, congressional investigations and an ongoing custody case.
The move comes as Hunter Biden’s lawyer Abbe Lowell revealed he paid $750,000 in child support to Lunden Roberts, who is fighting him in court for trying to suspend child support for 4-year-old Marine Joan Roberts. to lower. He currently pays $20,000 a month in child support.
As with his art career, a defense fund that allows people to pocket thousands of dollars raises potential ethical challenges.
High-Level Democrats Concerned About Appearance Of The President’s Son Seeking Funds, Axios reported. The push for money to help Hunter with his multi-front legal challenges comes as President Joe Biden has launched his re-election campaign — with his own first major fundraiser since announcing he will be leaving for New York next week.
Hunter Biden (pictured leaving court in Arkansas this week) is on his way to forming a legal defense fund as a federal investigation nears its end and he faces GOP investigations. He is also involved in a child support battle in court
The preparations come a week after Hunter Biden met with U.S. attorney for Delaware David Weiss at the Justice Department headquarters in Washington DC as a sign that the federal investigation against him over tax and gun charges is drawing to a close.
Hunter’s team anticipates possible investigations and is looking for ethics advisors to work with the fund.
Weiss and his federal prosecutors are weighing four charges against Hunter, three related to tax crimes and one felony related to the purchase of a gun, according to the Washington Post.
Tensions in the White House also encouraged Hunter Biden to hire high-profile attorney Abbe Lowell, who previously represented Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, according to the report.
The possible federal charges include two felony failure to file taxes, a single misdemeanor count of tax evasion related to a business expense for a year in taxes, and the weapons charge, also a potential felony.
Meanwhile, Congressional Republicans are stepping up their investigation into Hunter Biden’s finances and what some of them are calling the “Biden crime family.”
President’s son is fighting Lunden Roberts in court over child support amount for 4-year-old Marine Joan Roberts
This week, 89-year-old Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa came forward with House Oversight Committee Chairman Representative James Comer to advance a whistleblower’s claims they described as a bribery scheme from the days when Biden was serving as Deputy Prime Minister. served president.
“We believe the FBI possesses an unclassified internal document containing very serious and detailed allegations pertaining to the current president of the United States,” Grassley said, as Comer subpoenaed the information.
But Grassley said in an interview on Newsmax, “It’s a very serious allegation. I wish I could say I knew it was true or false.”
Previously, House Republicans reviewed special activity reports at the Treasury Department. Comer has directed his detectives to investigate Hunter’s business dealings, even subpoenaing Bank of America for information on three of his business partners.
Last month, Lowell sent an angry letter to a congressional ethics body demanding an investigation into Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s repeated comments linking the president’s son to “human trafficking.”