Legal Experts Estimate Hunter Biden’s Legal Defense Costs $100K a MonthWendell Husebø and Emma-Jo Morris 24 Dec 2022
Hunter Biden’s legal defense against both the Justice Department and congressional probes could cost more than $100,000 per month, legal experts told Breitbart News, as the scandal-scarred first son faces mounting scrutiny for his mysterious business practices.
According to Hunter’s previous statements, he is not cash-rich. Hunter was nearly penniless while Joe Biden was vice president, living paycheck to paycheck after out-of-control spending, according to Hunter’s ex-wife. From 2018-2019, Joe Biden even committed to wiring Hunter $100,000.
Kevin Morris, the attorney who is leading Hunter’s legal proceedings, reportedly paid a $2 million delinquency Hunter owed to the IRS in 2022. Hunter is awaiting the results of a Delaware grand jury’s investigation into potential tax and gun violations.
Morris is a high-profile entertainment lawyer in Hollywood retained to “craft legal and media strategy” for Hunter. Morris’s firm has represented stars, including Matthew McConaughey, Ellen DeGeneres, Chris Rock, Scarlett Johansson, Zoe Saldana, and Zach Galifianakis, and, most notably, negotiated the South Park deals.
On Thursday, Morris announced attorney Abbe Lowell, who represents high-profile individuals engulfed in political scandals, such as Bill Clinton and Jared Kushner, would join fellow attorneys Chris Clark and Joshua A. Levy on Hunter’s legal defense team. Lowell is slated to defend Hunter from the congressional probes, while Clark and Levy have worked on preventing the DOJ from charging Hunter for tax and gun violations — an investigation that was reportedly opened in 2018.
Clark’s professional history includes working as a partner at the same Washington, DC, law firm where Rep. Liz Cheney’s husband works. The firm’s biography of Clark says he represents Hunter in the “grand jury investigation regarding tax issues.”
Hunter’s fourth attorney, Levy, was hired to combat the Republican House probe into nine potential violations, including wire fraud, violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, tax evasion, and money laundering. Levy’s law firm touts him as the former attorney of Liz Zentos in the Senate Republican probe of Hunter’s business in Ukraine. Levy also represented the opposition research firm Fusion GPS during the Russia hoax.
The high-powered attorneys are a formidable front against congressional staffers and public servants. Critics have noted Hunter’s all-star defense team and questioned how Hunter could afford expensive legal fees month after month while allegedly being strapped for cash.
“Abbe Lowell ain’t cheap. Wonder how Hunter is paying for this after blowing all of his money on drugs and pros. Must be the art gig,” investigative reporter Chuck Ross tweeted.
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