Hunter’s Law Firm Could Cash Out on Biden’s Controversial Order
Chuck Ross • April 25, 2022 4:59 amPresident Joe Biden's plan to compensate the families of 9/11 victims suing the Taliban could be a windfall for a Democrat-aligned law firm that employed Hunter Biden.
Joe Biden in February announced an executive order that awards $3.5 billion in assets seized from Afghanistan's central bank to a group of families of 9/11 victims who sued the Taliban. The law firms representing the families could make tens of millions of dollars in legal fees. One of the firms is Boies Schiller Flexner, where Hunter Biden served for several years as counsel. The firm's three founders contributed a combined $174,000 to Joe Biden's presidential campaign and the Biden Victory Fund, according to campaign finance records.
Several factions—American military veterans, the families of other 9/11 victims, human rights groups, and Republican lawmakers—have blasted the executive order. They say Biden improperly bypassed the U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund, which Congress created to compensate all terrorism victims. Instead, critics say Biden's plan will compensate a few select families with high-powered lawyers. More than 400 veterans and military families this month called on Biden to reverse the executive order and distribute the Afghan money through the Victims Fund.
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