Hunter Biden has requested a federal judge to dismiss his lawsuit against a former aide to Trump, which pertains to the disclosure of information from a laptop believed to belong to the son of former President Joe Biden. He stated that his limited financial resources hinder his ability to pursue the case.
In documents submitted to a federal court in California, Biden’s attorneys urged U.S. District Judge Hernan D. Vera to dismiss the 2023 lawsuit against Garrett Ziegler. They indicated that Biden’s income “has decreased significantly” and that he is in debt (millions of dollars).
Biden’s legal team noted that the wildfires in the Pacific Palisades exacerbated his financial difficulties, rendering his rental home “uninhabitable for an extended period.”
They asserted that Biden “has struggled to secure a new permanent residence and has found it challenging to earn a living.” Furthermore, they argued that Biden should allocate his time and resources to address his relocation, the damage to his rental property, and his family’s living expenses, “instead of engaging in this litigation.”
Ziegler and his company, Marco Polo, were sued by Biden in September 2023. Biden alleged that they violated state and federal laws by attempting to create a searchable online database containing 128,000 emails believed to be from him.
Ziegler, who served as an assistant to Trump’s trade adviser Peter Navarro from February 2019 to January 2021, had requested the presiding judge to dismiss the case, but the judge had already rejected that request.
In a related court filing, Biden stated that he is heavily indebted and is “not in a position to borrow money.”
He expressed anticipation for paid speaking engagements and appearances following feedback on his art and memoir, which his attorneys claimed had previously been his primary source of income, “but that has not materialized.”
Biden discussed the decline in his earnings from art sales. He mentioned that in the two or three years leading up to the lawsuit, he had sold 27 pieces of art for an average…
It was determined that Biden was culpable of federal gun offenses and a federal tax matter. He was scheduled to receive sentencing in December for the gun charges; however, President Joe Biden granted him an early release.
Following his unconditional pardon from President Biden, Hunter Biden is also confronted with accusations of owing more than $300,000 in unpaid rent to previous landlords.
Earlier this week, Hunter Biden withdrew his lawsuit against two Internal Revenue Service whistleblowers, which he initiated in September 2023.
Biden’s legal team submitted a motion in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to dismiss the complaint with prejudice, indicating that it cannot be re-filed in any court.
The complaint, originally filed by the former first son two years prior, alleged that IRS Special Agent Gary Shapley and IRS Criminal Investigator Joseph Ziegler had “targeted and sought to embarrass” Biden through media statements revealing the details of a “private citizen’s” tax matters.
Shapley and Zielger testified before the House Oversight Committee earlier that year, asserting that they faced numerous obstacles while investigating the son of the former President Biden.
“It has always been evident that the lawsuit was an effort to intimidate us,” Shapley and Zielger stated in a declaration after Hunter Biden retracted the case, as reported by the New York Post. “Intimidation and retaliation were never going to succeed. We genuinely desired our day in court to present the full narrative, but it seems Mr. Biden was reluctant to actually contest this case in a judicial setting after all.”
“His voluntary withdrawal of the case reveals everything you need to understand about who was correct and who was incorrect,” they further remarked.
Attorneys for the two whistleblowers initially highlighted how Hunter Biden “dismissed his case with prejudice – signifying he can never pursue it again.”
